We’re finally getting started at building the new kitchen at the farm. Although there’s still stuff we need to clear out Susan was bound and determined to start tearing yesterday (the ol’ “Patience my ass, I want to kill something” sentiment). She was so fast with the crowbar I couldn’t get her into focus (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it).

Susan in action with the "Rennovating Bar"

We counted at least nine different layers of wallpaper.

A selection of the nine layers of wallpaper

I really like the black one at the left. If we could find something similar I think it could make a great accent wall.

With the softboard off we’re back to the brick.

Day one progress

The house burned in 1952 and was re-built inside the original triple brick shell (but changed from a two story to a 1 1/2 story). The black lines in the brick are the charred remains of the wood lath that they set into the inner layer of brick to give something to nail the internal wall finish to. This wall will become an interior wall once the back addition is insulated, so we’re thinking of leaving it natural brick.

Need to clean up this mess and make some more. Good that a lot of the mess can go straight into the wood stove.

Today we want to get some of the ceiling down to see if our idea of leaving the beams exposed is going to be feasible.