The Great Undress

Today we hired a couple of guys to continue with the dirty work.  They made great progress, getting the ceilings and all the wall layers off in one day.  Tomorrow they rip up the lino and carpet.

We're starting to see what was originally there.  And more things are making sense.

Why are none of the windows centered in the walls?  The original windows were much narrower and taller than the aluminium ones.  Instead of cutting 2 studs to put in the windows, they cut one and went for asymmetry!!  I can't live with that, it will jar every time I look at it.  So luckily, our new windows are even wider than the al ones, and we can centre them in all the walls without having to patch the ext weatherboard.

The next great discovery is the shadow of the original window architrave.  A good job for Jeremy to replicate!  I hope he's as excited as I am!

And todays last but definitely not least discovery is the false ceiling that was put in the corridor, hiding a fanlight above the front door and the original line of the verandah.

Can't wait to see what's under the lino!