The Saga of the Bay Window

I think it's human nature to avoid those things that we don't understand or to put off those things that we don't know how to deal with. This is the story of our bay window. When we purchased the house, we noted that there appeared to be a bay window that had been covered with shingles on the exterior and drywall in the interior. We knew that we would want more light in the dining room, and therefore we planned to reveal it. Little did we know that this would lead to city permits, redoing the foundation and experiencing Big Expense #2. Here are a few pics of the bay window before and during demolition. The saga continued for many months, it's only just being drywalled now, more than 6 months after it was first deconstructed. It was not fun heating the neighbourhood through the winter through the gaping hole at the side of our house.