Dramatic change

Well the chimney is down and the result is simply dramatic. The space has been transformed, and the sweet little house is now an incredibly sweet open house! It was hard to get a picture that conveys the change, but here's a few. It's been 4 solid (and dirty) days of work and we are so grateful to have Nick and Mike to help us. The biggest revalation was that the chimney was backed up onto a mason wall that was actually the load-bearing or supporting wall for the house. Nick said it was strange and he hadn't seen anything like it. But that was followed by a "no worries, we will figure out how to hold your house up." They even kept the chimney intact on the second floor because it is quite solidly constructed, it didn't move when the bottom came out. I am happy we don't have to worry about the mess on the second floor. It is now just contained to three rooms downstairs. Next steps are to secure the remaining bricks and construct a massive header beam.





Everything else is moving along, we had the HVAC and the electricians over today...resulting in a new vent for the AC/Heating unit and a bathroom fan for the upstairs.





Also, Ruby's room is complete and I have posted the finished mural photos to her room page.