After a quick demolition of the interior walls, we were feeling good about our design plan. The space felt big and open finally. The next steps were ceiling and floors. We decided to keep the ceiling that was in the original main room, and extend it back through the kitchen. It's not the best quality, and the ceiling is a little wavy. But it is better for sure. Then the next move they wanted to do was choose floor tiles! (While this is very fun and exciting for me, I do wish that flooring would happen in the end like in the US so that the tiles don't get scratched and chipped and painted on throughout the renovation. I am still being reassured that in the end, it will all be fixed. We'll see...) In a sea of bad tile repeated one store at a time, the challenge was that much more exciting to find the diamond in the rough... And there she is. The BEST tile ever. Faux wood ceramic tile. Love. Wait 'til you see them laid on the floor...