Wooden paneling removed from wall

Wooden paneling removed from living room wall! First step of dry wall installed.  Still need to chemically remove paint from brick fireplace, install custom book shelves below high windows and re-install OLD authentic windows.

101 year old porch ceiling saved and porch painted: BEFORE and AFTERs

The porch is now refreshed!
Screen gone. Carpet gone.
Column cappings removed, 101 year old original ceiling wood saved and sanded and water proofed, porch floor painted, columns painted.
Blue color is no longer.  Essex green now. 
Front Door framed out.  Still need window cappings removed and fixed and front door needs sprucing.
HUGE changes. 

Wooden door frame added

The opening from living room to dining room finally has been framed out. 
Stain still needed.

2 days after MOVE In - Closet Removal to Open Up Stairs

Look at this TRANSFORMATION/Construction!  We ripped out a closet and walls to expose our stairway to the upstairs.  We plan on cutting out the 2 steps and turning them at a 90 degree angle and remaking banister and matching railings.  Then we plan on removing the door and installing a window.  It looks amazing even all torn up. 

Thursday June 30th - MOVE IN DAY

MOVE IN DAY!
No central air.  No refrigerator.  Under construction.  Boxes everywhere.  We signed up for this....
Sigh.....

Week 2 1/2 - Break Thru to Dining Room

If we were told correctly, prior to the 1950s, a wall in our home was closed up from the Living Room into the Dining Room.  The plaster job was pretty awful and because of airflow and better navigation from room to room we decided to OPEN the wall back up. 

We are spending A LOT of time and money trying to recreate this house as it once beautifully probably was!!!!

These are the BEFORE and DURING pics..... The opening has already made the house 200 times nicer.