Demolition in the second bedroom was a little tricky, as there were a lot of pipes in one of the walls (the wall that previously abutted the washer/dryer area), plus the ceiling is very high. On the plus side, the insulation was much newer and cleaner than in the front part of the house, which made it must less likely to rip apart during removal. Also much less likely to have disgusting crap in it.
We found another hidden window in this room, on the north wall. You can kind of see it through the doorway in the picture below. I thought it would be nice to put that window back in and get a cross-breeze going in the summers, but Ben says it's not framed properly and probably wouldn't pass inspection.
Below you can see the second bedroom after it's been framed out and cleaned up. The room will still have a high, sloped ceiling, and will still have a window opening up into the backyard.The framing on the left side of the picture separates the bedroom from the bathroom. We were originally going to put the bathroom entrance in the bedroom, creating another bed-bath suite. However, we thought it might be nice to make it a public bathroom entrance instead, in case we have company that is not staying in the second bedroom (i.e., staying in the loft instead). The only other shower on this floor is in the master suite.
So Ben created a little hallway in the back of the house, on your right as you're walking out of the kitchen. The picture below looks into the hallway. The bathroom entrance is on the left; the bedroom entrance is in the middle; and the washer/dryer/storage closet is on the right.
I don't have any great pictures of the stairs in the back right now. Below you can see the stairs in the middle of demolition. Most of the remaining drywall has since been removed as well.
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