Since things were going so very well with the house and we were thinking that it was time to start replastering, it was obviously time for a change of gears. Based on Bogdon's recommendation, we decided to open up the abandoned fireplace in our bedroom to create a niche (useful for a bookshelf, chest of drawers, or whatever) and to give us the opportunity to reinforce a section of wall that wasn't impressively robust. Yay! More demolition. Umberto was so excited that within an hour of our having given him the go-ahead, the wall had been knocked out.
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| One of the corners in the bathroom |
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| How it looks now! |
Since that wasn't quite enough fun, we also decided that the ceiling over the final section of staircase (going up to the second floor) was rather low and really needed to be raised. More scaffolding, more demolition, more rubble.
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| Looking from top of stairs |
And, as things seem to come in threes, it was obviously a good plan to enlarge the doorway into the guest room.
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| Note the bricks supporting the scaffolding |
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| New header in! |
When that is finished, Umberto has promised faithfully that they will be starting the large arch!
Love,
Alexandra
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