TOH: Santa's gonna need a new entrance!

Our work on this old house continues, despite the freezing below zero temperatures this week.  This weekend John and I removed the chimney. Yep, over 4,000 pounds of concrete and clay bricks knocked down and thrown into the trailer via 5 lb buckets. That was a good arm, shoulder, and leg workout!  Santa's gonna need a new entrance to this place next year!

The old hot water heat system and radiators are completely gone too.  John busted apart one radiator in the living room that weighed roughly 1,000 lbs before hauling it away to the scrap yard.  It's awesome to have finally gotten rid of that big one!! The old pipes and furnace are all removed as well and the temporary furnace is in place.  The place is slowly shaping up! I know it doesn't look like much, but it feels like little by little we're making this old house our reality.

 While ripping off plaster and lath, we came across some original wallpaper.  Check it out! It definitely looks circa 1911 doesn't it??

Maybe I can save it and reuse it??  Ok, maybe not.  But it was pretty cool right?  We'll see what other treasures we discover as we uncover things...until our next update!