First look - 2nd floor

The 2nd floor is the heart of this house. It has the kitchen and the ginormous cantou (fireplace), as well as the balcony. As soon as the hideous walls are gone, it won't be so dark and gloomy either. Some pre-demolition shots:

A view from the second floor balcony. This is looking to the right.

This is the 2nd floor den. to the right of the armoire is a wall that is the wall on the left in the next shot. Notice the fugly ubiquitous wallpaper applied DIRECTLY to the plaster that covers the stone. Those walls are about 3 feet thick. You can see it by how deep the window doors are recessed into the walls.

This is the kitchen. to the right of the picture (but not visible) is the cantou. I may have agreed to buy this place just for that. The wall on the left is the shared wall. It is NOT load bearing.