Lizzy's showing her...

Studs!
Only in one or two rooms though.

What began as an attempt to determine the scale of demolition that would be needed has actually turned in to a bit of deconstruction. We began in the back bedroom that we learned was an addition. Here we were looking for where the house used to end and to see what shape the chimney was in.

The two layers of paneling covering the drywall on the chimney were making us wonder if we were going to find multiple layers everywhere.

Nope.

Who needs insulation???? Or actual siding and sheathing...




If you step back from the fun of dismantling a room and notice the rat nests and holes and mold it can be depressing. However, we only had two hours, so instead of focusing on human misery we just picked at drywall.


The kitchen is currently located in the hallway. Don't ask. At some point, in order to avoid having to buy a custom door, they just sort of used some scraps to make the doorway small enough to accommodate a standard Home Depot hollow core door.

I convinced Harris that I just wanted to get one piece of drywall off, well then there was this annoying scrap, and couldn't we just get it down to? There's a kids book with the same theme...



Right now we are guessing that there was a nice big doorway here. We've got more deconstruction so that we can determine if it was a pocket, standard, or french door.


We also pulled the paneling off of the fireplace. Yes, there was paneling on the fireplace. It's really not in great shape, but I am hoping that once we get the ceiling back to proper height we'll be pleasantly surprised.


You can also see some of the remaining lathe here, but no plaster. The removal of the lathe and plaster by the previous owner was quite haphazard. In some rooms there are only studs yet in other rooms there are random lathe pieces just...hanging out...

Right now we are planning on removing the rest of the paneling and drywall, getting a dumpster, and then getting estimates for the restore. We have about 40% of the walls back to studs, none of the ceilings done, and we're ignoring that the house has indoor plumbing for a minute.