Another day, another $20 thousand

So getting home from work yesterday,
Pete greeted me with a worried look. "Gee, we've uncovered termite damage. Looks like it might even be active. What do you want to do?"
"Well, gosh Pete, just cover it up. Why waste an extra thousand fixing and replacing the wood? I mean, we've only spend 100 thousand so far."
So any way, rude as I was, he got the point. Damaged fixed today. Needed a couple of new pieces of wood for the framing of the floor. Also ended up cutting a hole in the floor near the new doorway. So now we have to figure out a way around that. Was going to do linoleum, but the first cost estimate was $2700.00. We're going to sand and varnish instead. Now with the new hole in the floor, we have to figure a way out that will look cool. Eric, our master carpenter, has some good ideas.

Speaking of Eric, he asked us to tape out the floor plan for the bathroom. Got a call at work, what's up with the tape? Husband decided to move everything to different locations. Now the guys have to move all the plumbing to meet his plan. At least with a wide open basement and lots of head room, it won't be too bad.

Love this part... my kitchen designer, who happened to get hurt snowboarding (a concussion), made a mistake in the measuring. Length off by ~10", width off by 6". She had to reorder a cabinet and I'm getting a smaller sink than originally planned. We think the length won't matter, as most of it can be absorbed by the kitchen table. It did cause a few tense moments.
Our bedroom has walls! and is so much warmer than before. I need to pick a paint color for it soon. What excitment! Think I'll let the husband decide this room, as I have real strong opinions about the rest of the house.

One other note, behind the big cabinets, behind some slats, we found another wall. Must be the original dining room wall from 1880. It was so beautiful!!! We had to cut it out, but the guys did a nice job and we have it saved. I have no idea what to do with it, but am including a picture of it also. Keep in mind, when viewing this; it is redwood, painted to look like oak.