An Open Ceiling Plan?

You've heard of kitchens with an open floor plan...well mine has an open ceiling plan!!

The water from the tub in the above bathroom was leaking around the drain. This caused the water to collect under the tub and slowly seep down the outside (wrong side) of the drain pipe onto the ceiling of the kitchen below.

Of course the exact reason for the leak could not be discovered until large section of the ceiling was pulled down. Revealing some questionable decisions on the part of the original constructors.

The layer of wet plaster was floating off the lath and literally crumbled to its death. The two layers of sheetrock/drywall also had to go. 
Speaking of death; a mummified squirrel from the 1940's was discovered, he was wearing a fedora. 

The next greatest discovery was the original color of the walls/ceiling...OLIVE GREEN! Of course it was, I think everything in the house was slathered with a nice coat of olive green lead. I have found two paint hues, one a bit darker but I don't know if the color darkened with age or if it had been discolored from smoke; the Squirrel form the 40's also smoked a pipe.  

Damn, and I just washed all those dishes in my pantry!!!