WHAT!?

When we came home from work on Monday, the walls we don't like were gone. We can now refer to them as the walls we didn't like.

The shock has not worn off.

A timely visit from Jesse

This is our friend Jesse. He came out to make sure we had our electrical lines cleared so the walls we don't like can be safely removed. He's awesome.

The kitchen is all clear and ready for the crew to come in and take out the walls we don't like while we're at our other jobs. It's an epic week at 524.

breezy

When we removed the plaster and lath from the walls we don't like, we could finally see from the front of our house to the back.

Shirty Time Capsule

As we were taking the plaster and lath off of the walls we don't like, I was thinking it would be really cool to find a time capsule. Moments later, I discovered this little striped bundle inside one of the walls (gold, secrets, a thumb?). We struggled to pull it out only to find is was a piece of a shirt stuffed into a hole.

DEMOgogues

This is what we were doing when we took that dusty holiday picture. Plaster removal is fun for about the first 20 minutes.

Walls we don't like

We've been wanting to tear down the walls that divide the kitchen from the dining room and mud room since before we bought the house.