Demolition Derby!

Jumped right in and demolished the kitchen...

Sold the appliances on Craigslist...love Craigslist!

This wall will soon be removed and reframed to accommodate four new windows and a door.  The plumbing will also need to be re-routed

here is another view...

that wall on the left is going to be removed altogether. 

the good news is that the roof is framed with trusses that can span 30', so that wall is not a bearing wall and it can easily be removed. 

We also had a chimney safety inspection and had it cleaned.  While they were at it, they removed the old brass doors (nice, one less thing we have to do!)  The chimney sweep recommended using Simply Green to clean the soot from the bricks..we will try that soon! 

so, it turns out that there is also a flue going to the upper right firebox that you can see here in the picture. Apparently all we need is some charcoal, a grate and we can go to town grilling up some grub in our living room!  saaaweeeeeet!