Before and After is Fun for Everyone! (Part I)

Now that we're embarking on a new adventure at Chez Radomile, you can see the before and after shots of the last adventure. 'cause, you know, that's how I roll. I mean, you can't have real time updates of the home improvement projects. That makes way too much sense!

As you may recall, back in December we embarked on our first major construction project, complete with porta-potty. Our patio wasn't doing too well so we had to rebuild it. I mean, it was built in 1928...can't people make stuff to last! Oh, right, it made it 90 years and through countless earthquakes. But, it was time to take the patio down and start new. I mean, when a part of your house gets to the point that you stay away from it and try to keep the dogs away from it, that could be a sign that you need to do something. I'm just sayin'. Our contractor agreed and ripped that bad boy all the way down.

The funny thing about this project is that as guests come to the house they think this is how it looked all along...or at the very least, we had new tile put in. They either don't realise or think we're lying when we say, no, really, this became a big empty space and we completely rebuilt it. You, dear blogsphere, can be the judge....

Before:

'complete with dog ghost silhouette.

Here you can see Jane inspecting the damage to the patio. Can't you just feel her disdain for those cracked stairs in front of her?

And here's the glamour shot of the whole patio. I know, you're jealous and wondering how we could possible improve on this.

During:

Both sets of stairs are gone and they've started removing the patio.

Can I get a "woot! woot!"?

Now I will confess that I didn't get any shots after they removed this remaining portion of the patio. But, seriously, there was nothing here. They took it all. Seriously. Tomorrow I'll show you the before and after of the rest of the patio that you can't see in these pictures. (Right before you get to the Pedigree bag in the back of the picture, turn right and there's more patio.) And, for that portion, you can really see that they took everything out and started completely new.

Here's the after:

This is what happens when you point at the photographer...you end up on the interwebs!

Here's what those very intimidating pointers were keeping an eye on while I was taking my glorious after pictures of our patio.

mmmm, Kalbi....

So yeah, Part II tomorrow and hopefully next week you can see before and after pictures of the rest of the backyard. I swear, after 30 years, our house is finally coming together!