Slight change in design?

 This is what we discovered when we torn off the cabinets on the south side of the kitchen:

Don't look at the lath and plaster, look at the tile:

Pristine.

So we are now contemplating saving all the subway tile (which is original to the house) in the kitchen.

Personally, I would love this solution! I think it has a lot of character, even if some of the tile that has been in the open looks a bit, well, "used". 

I prefect the word "character"

(That green stripe is our neighbor's awning)

There is almost NO grout between these tiles! Crazy.

We are zeroing in on a couple of other items, too. The wood type for the upstairs woodwork (Black  Walnut vs Birch)

More later.