Some before and after shots

I've been bitching a lot about the house.  Here's some pictures to throw it all in relativity.  Every single room was smoke damaged.  The kitchen, dining room, some bedroom, and front of the utility room was actually burned.  

The entire heating system was replaced,  central AC was added.  Brand new plumbing and electrical, as well.  Everything was ripped out and replaced.  The only original stuff is some of the floors, and most of the outside shell.  The roof was ripped down to the rafters, and replaced, along with the burnt rafters.  The whole covered porch was replaced.   Lots of behind the scenes work, too, like sagging floors had to be jacked up and joisted, a good deal of mason work, etc.

The interior changed a little, too, like the utility room, the stairs were replaced, and modified, there was a front porch, which was replaced by a front hall, and my son's bedroom.  The upstairs was half attic, a huuuuge closet, and a tiny bedroom.  We ripped out the walls, moved them way back, and got rid of the giant closet, trimming it to a svelte 2 ft wide. Changed it into a loft, with the bedroom door at the foot of the steps.  One of the best features of the bedroom is the 4 ft. windows on opposing walls, turning it into an airy, sunny lofty room with a semi-view.

 
The covered porch-before  After the fire, before the work got started.

 
Kitchen-before I wish I had a better panorama shot of the inside of the kitchen.
Kitchen-today  No countertops, sink, stove, or fridge yet.  Somehow Pookie managed to get her ass in the shot, too.

Utility room-before 
front of utility room-before  This was a long hall/laundry room thing that you had to walk through to get into the bathroom.  We moved walls, and divided the area up, so the kitchen flows smoothly into the bathroom, and all the laundry stuff is hidden away.

utility area-today We moved the door to the middle of the kitchen wall, and changed the one long corridor into two rooms, essentially.  One that leads into the bathroom/laundry room, and one laundry room.  Freezer, hot water heater, and laundry stuff is hidden, and the furnace has moved into the attic.  That was one of the major wall-moving renovations.

Bathroom before  *shudder*  The funny thing is, it was ALMOST that filthy, before the house burned.

Bathroom today Well, just the vanity, and sink.  I'm so proud of the vanity and sink.  Since the bathroom isn't a true 5', and the vanity was, we had to cut out a section of wall (after everything was freshly sheet rocked, heh).  It slid in there, like buttah, though, and is perfect.

Living room/porch-before Ugh, these people loved paneling.  That door is gone, that wall was moved 3 feet out, to enlarge that room, for my son's room.  Instead of the front door being in the room now, there's a hallway.  Essentially, we shaved 3 feet off the front of the room (for the hall), and widened it 3 feet.

From the middle of the living room-before This is sorta standing in the middle of the living room, looking towards the kitchen.  You can see where the dining room used to be, and the utility room door.  All gone.  That dividing wall was yanked, and the stairs were all changed.

Living room today That's standing in the kitchen entry, looking out across the living room.  The opposing wall is the boy's room. 

living room, looking into the kitchen  Same room, opposite angle, pardon the dust.  You can see how the utility room was altered.  This is right around the same spot that the before pic was taken, from the middle of the living room. 

 
To be continued, because I'm gonna run over there and snap pics of the boy's room, front hall, stairs, loft, and more of the outside.