Got the stipple scraped off, getting it a bit wet helps quite a bit, definitely still makes quite a mess.
Finished taking off the tile, then took off the underlay... And found the original brown 1981 Lino underneath. Haven't decided yet if I'm going to take that off too... And the underlay beneath that.
Explored enlarging the opening into the kitchen, but it appeared like that was going to open a can of worms, so I think we are going to leave that alone. It appears that it might be a structural wall, holding up half of the six foot wide vaulted ceiling area in the front entrance. If it's structural, it could only be baring on the main floor, not below that at all. I don't think that would be a problem, like I said it's only holding up about a 3' long roof span.
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