Every since we decided we were going to tackle remodeling the basement, I've been looking forward to the day we could tear out the walls around the stairs we have leading down to the basement. Our upstairs living room is not huge, and I just thought opening this up (and having just a "half wall/railing" leading downstairs) would be awesome.
Well today was that day, and it was quite gratifying! While Matt worked downstairs finishing some more structural walls, I tore out all of the walls surrounding the stairs. I started by turning off the elctrical to the outlets in that wall, taking out the door, and then all of the drywall, and finally the wood that made up the walls and went all the way up to the ceiling.
A couple pictures of what it looked like before (yeah the house is a mess in these picture... oh well):
And... today! (still lots of work to do, it will be all finished with new drywall and finishings once the new staircase is put in... but you can see how much it opens up the room!).
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