Craiglepaige: Thank you and I appreciate you subscribing to the channel in our humble beginnings!
After reading your advice and seeing Mr. Sal's picture that would have been a great idea for the wall to the right of the stove. The chimney would have still felt free standing and the "pombaline structure system" looks great and would have provided a place to easily mount the living room light switch on. Thanks for sharing, I've saved that picture for inspiration on future projects.
Edit: Picture below added.
The old wood, doors, & windows if we don't have an immediate use for them we've been leaving them out front and letting people take them for free.
This week we were busy ripping out the carpet and linoleum throughout the house to determine the condition of the hardwood and if we'd be able to refinish it. Overall we've been very pleased and changed our plans from installing vinyl plank flooring to refinishing the existing hardwood floors.
Before:AfterYou can find the video of the entire carpet and linoleum removal here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of23ifzfjSMI've updated the budget for the costs incurred so far. During there sale I recently ordered the last of the big purchases, the IKEA kitchen package. Once finalized it should be very close to the budgeted amount. The one area I'm anticipating possibly being a little light on is labour costs but we'll see how it goes.
Talk to you next week.