but wait, there's more! - by Holly

We still had a couple days worth of demo before framing so here are some pictures...

Future screened porch

Alternate view

Kitchen ceiling down, ready for big beam

Upstairs landing being opened up

Front bedroom without a closet in front of the door

Front and middle bedrooms with weird closets down

Another view from middle bedroom towards front, that doorway is original

Upstairs hall bath

Tub will go here

And here you can see why we need a beam in the kitchen downstairs...

Dumpster being swapped

A trip to Greensboro - by Holly

 Today I went with our contractor Todd to the Greensboro Architectural Salvage store. We were there for more doors and hardware. Here are a couple phone pics:

These handles will be used for the bedrooms/bathroom/laundry upstairs (after they are cleaned):

 This picture is sideways but these knobs will be on the interior downstairs doors:

And these fancy suckers will be inside the master suite

"ball hinge"

and now I'm drooling over this one - by Holly

Hall lights that I like - by Holly

Decision Time - by Holly

This will be our master vanity:

Two of these (not my first choice, but a quarter of the price!):

Carrara Marble with basket weave insert (I will be doing this myself):

Wall color similar to Sherwin Williams "Nuance" which is actually a barely warm gray (monitor image not accurate):

66x36 Jetted tub:

All in all, the bathroom should feel similar to this pic I just found:

Do you think I'm nuts? - by Holly

I really want to use this cobalt blue penny round floor tile in the downstairs bath:

The rest of the bath would be white, polished chrome, and glass. So the question becomes, is it the right house?

Magic Trick - by Holly

(Drum roll please)

Chimney: now you see it...

And now you don't...

With all the jacking the house needed, the back chimney was not able handle the fluctuations and it snapped at the bottom. Will and Jeremy were able to take the whole thing down in one day. --That's 2 guys taking down 3+ stories of 100yr old chimney. WOW.

Here's a view of our "skylight" in the attic:

 View of where the chimney went through the attic:

Looking down from attic through the second floor all the way to the first floor:

Will calls out measurements for the roof repair to Jeremy who takes notes on the beam:

Lots of brick: