It’s hard to tell, but when we pulled off all the drywall and ’50s lath, we discovered there had been a second doorway in this wall. It made me wonder if there may have originally been a colonnade splitting the living and dining rooms. I’ve always thought it was a bit odd for this house to be so “open concept” considering this part was built in 1905.
So tonight I started pulling up the ’90s oak floorboards between the two doorways to see if there were any hints in the original fir floors indicating the former existence of a colonnade. Sure enough, I found what appears to be a floor patch and another on the other side of the room. They may just indicate a wall had been there, but it seems wider than a wall… At some point in the coming months we’ll be able to pull up the remaining floor to see if the patch goes all the way across the floor or if it’s just on the edges, indicating a colonnade! Now to start daydreaming about putting it back… ✨