Meanwhile, on the West side of the house the interior walls were all coming down. The picture above is from the new entry looking back into the existing house. The one below is looking into the new space. We had some last minute design changes after we removed all the walls and spent that evening redesigning interiors in this area.

The exterior sheathing on the original house was tongue and groove southern yellow pine. We salvaged most of this for the ceiling area back on the East side.