And it continues...

We began working on the east wall of the living room tonight. This wall has two windows and a fireplace. So we figured it should be pretty interesting. Plus, we thought there would be insulation to add to the ever growing pile of junk we still have to figure out how to dispose of! Oddly enough, there was no insulation. That's one less thing to dispose of, so yay!



This wire goes to a socket and I'm glad we hadn't used it yet! It's a little scary, but apparently this is not a problem- it's just what this old wiring does! Yikes, glad we're rewiring too!

Another odd thing is that the plaster and lathe is under the fireplace mantle. Maybe this is how houses are built, I just always thought brick or stone fireplaces were put up before the walls. It appears I was wrong!