History Mystery

When we went to the house today we noticed this flooring peeking out from where the kitchen island/peninsula used to be:

Eric says his office has something similar called terrazzo. What in the world is it doing under there?! Did this come first and the wood came later? I wish these walls could talk! :)

UPDATE: upon closer inspection it appears to be linoleum, we think. As far as linoleum goes it isn't super ugly, but I can see why they went back to the original hardwoods at some point. 

Demolition!

Wow, August FLEW by! We can't believe the time has finally come, but demolition started this week! The kids and I were out of town, so it was amazing to go to the house today to see it completely transformed!

Here it was a week ago:

And today, 8/31/13:

Looking in the front door last week:

Today:

Back view last week:

Same view today:

Looking from the dining room to kitchen/living room:

Today:

We can't wait to see what the next days/weeks/months bring! Our dream house has begun!