Basement Surprise

The weekend after Greg and I found out we had lost our baby, we decided that destroying our basement could possibly fill the void we were experiencing...

Seriously, who has ideas like this?

I've never wielded a power tool before, and I definitely felt awesome as we removed a terribly out of date black box that housed some lights from the ceiling, and tin from the walls.  Under which we discovered wood paneling (what were people thinking in the 80's!?!?!)  Greg was pulling all sorts of things off of the wall and then BAM... we found mold on the north facing wall.

I mean, are you kidding me?
We were barely holding it together after our experience at the doctor's office, and then we find out that our house has turned against us and has been harboring a fugitive!  It didn't look particularly fresh, but I called the mold specialists right away and they came out on Monday and gave us an estimate.

Once I woke up from the price induced stupor, we invited the fine folks from Mold Blasters to de-mold our basement.  And I must say, they did an awesome job, so next step.. finish pulling down the drywall and put up new insulation/drywall/paint and trim.

can we say... GROSS?

the after photo:

Oh home improvement...