Meanwhile downstairs

The crew was busy downstairs installing new joists in the kitchen to straighten the walls and ceiling and removing lots of wallpaper. They made great progress this week!

 Here's where the wallpaper had been:

And this shows where they removed it all today:

And here's more of the hallway from before the paper was removed:

And after:

We're also converting two small master closets into one larger one and adding a pocket door. They got the wall and door framed as well. They removed separate closet heaters that each closet had, which probably made for some cozy clothes during the winter!