Archive for December, 2008

December 3rd, 2008

Into the abyss, Pt. 2

For the second night in a row, we worked on going through all of the boxes and dressers and piles of stuff in the basement. It was hard work, but we’re probably about 90% done with that part, and we think that demolition should be pretty easy work. Who doesn’t like breaking stuff?

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The laundry room is a nice minty green.

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The root cellar. Gotta love all that mold.

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You can see where the wall is buckling here.

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That's going to be our entertainment center after we get it cleaned up.

Now that most of the stuff is out of this area of the house, the dumpster is almost full! We hadn’t planned on that, but we’ve still got to put all of the demolished building materials in there from the gutting of the room, as well as the materials from when we gut the bathroom, into it. Also, the garage hasn’t even been touched yet, so we’re looking at having to get another dumpster. Tonight, the basement will be bleached after all of the demo is done, so hopefully that’ll start the long process of getting the stink out of the house. That, getting the carpets and air ducts professionally cleaned, and scrubbing and painting all of the rooms will hopefully start to make this house feel like a home.

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December 2nd, 2008

Into the abyss

So, we had our first night of working on the house yesterday. We ended up plugging away at going through and sorting trash from treasure from about 6-9:30pm, and even though we weren’t at it long, I think we honestly got a lot done. The basement is over halfway empty, and Kevin’s dad worked on getting the rest of his belongings out of the upstairs. Here are some pictures:

Living room

The living room

Living room

The other side of the living room

Doorbell/phone nook

Doorbell and phone nook

Bathroom

Bathroom

Tub

The bathtub we both want to save

Soon to be craft room

What will eventually be my craft room

Piles

Piles of stuff in Kevin's old bedroom in the basement

Basement

Shelves filled with who-knows-what

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More piles of crap. You should have seen it before.

Moldy bedroom

Check out the creeping black mold in the corner!

More updates to come!