Demolition nearly complete

This weekend we worked on removing the remaining walls and framing. Those who have seen the bathroom picture before the demolition may get a kick out of this one. Not only have we gotten rid of the walls and some non-functioning fixtures, we have found a mystery pipe sticking out in the air....which E identified as a gas pipe for lighting!! When this house was build, electricity was not used yet for lighting purposes....this made us realize how truly historic the house is. Anyway, we have achieved our objective of finishing the removal of all walls and framing, except for the plaster wall we will be keeping.

The second picture shows well the wall that shows where we removed the original framing.

This picture was taken facing the windows of the living room (or, pricisely speaking, what used to be a living room and what will be a living room). We realized that there is no need to expose all the bricks just because that is what a lot of people do. The plaster is in a

decent shape, and with a little sprucing up it will look great

(we hope).