- Removed plaster and lath walls
- Took out the kitchen floor
- Replaced the kitchen floor
- Created a doorway into what will be our 3/4 bathroom
- Adjusted electrical, re-organized light switches, added lighting
- Moved and updated plumbing
- Spray foam insulated our entire main floor
- Roughed in the shower for our 3/4 bathroom
- Met with the cabinet maker
- Took out the rest of the chimney in our basement
- Dry wall will be up by the end of today
What's been more interesting is the story this old home is telling us. (We were hoping to find an envelope full of money but that didn't happen.)
Our home was built around 1920 and from what we understand raised a few, rather large, families (8-12 people). Some of the wood used to frame the interior walls was used even before this house was built. Check out the picture below... The white lines and nail holes indicate that these board were used prior to framing up this wall.
There also used to be a door that faced the east. Do you see how it is still framed in between the patio door and window?
A few other discoveries we've made...
- This bathroom used to be a bedroom. We found out that because there was another window framed into one of the walls. Thus the reason we have a humongous bathroom.
- Our master bedroom used to be two rooms.
- The only bathroom that existed in the original house was on the landing of the stairs.
- The kitchen was added on in the 60's or 70's. They were terrible carpenters - only a couple of nails held the floor boards up and the raters above that held on the ceiling were not even screwed down. (Seriously??!!)
Next week I'l continue to show you are game plans and a few design boards to give you a perspective of what our space will (hopefully) look like when it's all done!
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