The Demolition is Done. Mostly.

Levi here- Remember those stairs? The ones with the wall in front of them? Here's the wall with no lathe and plaster:

Here's the wall with no wall:

No wall 1

No wall 2

 Here's 3 pieces of cast plaster crown moulding. The one in the middle is 14 inches tall. Let that sink in... that means a few things A. That is a really damn tall room B. That is a really damn tall door C. That is a really damn tall piece of crown. I used the traditional english spelling of moulding cuz I'm pedantic.

 Which one is the best? L and I ultimately have our opinion and that is what we'll go with, but for the sake of conversation which do you like? if any? 

I'm already dreading installing 8 foot sections of this stuff. It's real heavy.

The ceiling and walls are gone from the kitchen. It has exposed the multiple additions of varying quality.This was probably a room then a porch then a room again.

This was a stairway at some point, as best I can tell.

All the cast iron pipes will be cut out and scrapped for $$!

Old fusebox. Scary and cool.

We uninstalled the upstairs mantel very carefully so we can use it later when the other work is done. The chimney space now looks denuded:

Turns out the mantel looks great everywhere:

Some artsy shots of our beautiful house:

And here's the whole thing in it's splendour: