We rip things out.

Grr!!! Yarrgghh!! Could you hear our manly grunting last night? While I was talking to my sister and making some ice cream last night, Ben walked right up to the mug-shelf and yanked it off the wall.

I was beside myself with glee!!! I got off the phone and came to help.
"Let me get the camera!!!"
After a lot of hammering, chiseling and grunting, we got the mugshelf and its tophat shelf off the wall and safely hidden in the basement.

Here's the naked wall, which has one coat of white paint on it. Without all that stuff on the wall, the room feels much bigger, even if it is much uglier.

It's me! Here I am after delicately removing a piece of non-original molding from the original door trim.

And another, since pictures of me are rare.
"Hold up your trophy, I'll take a picture!"

...And this photo demonstrates why that's not a bad thing... What, you don't all do demo work in pink plaid skirts?


Ooh! There was also another revelation that really changes what we'll do with the kitchen. That ceiling? IT'S A FAKE!!! It's totally cheap panels and hollow moldings. What a rip-off!! And now that we know it's not original (in retrospect, of course it's not original) we hate it.

Here's a panel moved to the side... how much you want to bet that what's up there is horrifying?