It took six months to get moved - can you say demolition?

This picture of the building was probably taken around 1904-1910.

Before we could get moved in and even think about re-doing, there were things that needed un-doing. Like the so-called studio apartment (complete with waterbed) in the area where we wanted to put our shop.

Like the not-to-code stairs that led from the first floor to the very center of the largest room on the second floor.

Like the heavy metal lath and concrete walls that lined the upstairs hall. We just removed the side on the hallway. We did this to take away some weight from the supporting walls downstairs and to make it possible to run wiring through the walls for outlets and switches without a jackhammer.

All this before we actually even moved into the building.