Renovating. Already?

Yes...you heard me right.  We are already renovating & we aren't even finished with the house!  Ever since we moved in, our biggest complaint has been that we don't get enough natural light in the front door/den area.  Well, here's what it looks like from the inside right now:

The plastic is there because there is a giant hole in my ceiling that goes into the (very hot) attic.  We are hoping to take advantage of one of our dormers to let in a little extra natural light.

Check out my front porch...

If you look in the lower left corner, you will notice that there is a refrigerator on my porch!!!  What a great idea!  (hehehe)  Did you ever see the episode of King of Queens when Doug decided to put a refrigerator in their bedroom and use it as an end table?  At first, it seemed like a great idea to him because he could lay in bed and get something to drink without getting up.  Later, when he turned the light out to go to sleep...the fridge kicked on and it was loud.  Carrie was not happy.  I could so see that happening!  By the way, why does the word refrigerator have no "d" in it when the word "fridge" does?  I have always been confused by this.

OK...something is very wrong with this picture...

My TV is missing!  Scott decided that he doesn't like hanging the tv on the wall so they are going to cut a hole in  the wall for the tv to sit in. 

I have no idea how long this renovation will take but I already have a headache.  :-)  I'll be glad when things get back to "normal".  I only wish my friend Melanie (yes YOU Melanie) would decorate my house for me.  I'm not very creative myself.  If I had a lot of money I'm sure that my house would look like Pottery Barn threw up in it.