>Your house has very nice bones!

*My eyes are up here.*

>Such a relief because you’ll never know with old houses.

Nothing too nasty yet thankfully :)

> but I’m really hoping I can have some exposed timber in the kitchen at some point in the future.

It will give a nice warm feeling I think. 

Those books are good. We "inherited" some from the previous owners, who I think got some of them from the owners before! :D