Small (miniscule) signs of progress

We're back from our convention in Louisville and need to get to work on the house for a few days before we leave for our nephew's wedding in Denver. Here are the few things we've been able to accomplish so far.

One of our bedroom doors was missing. All the doors in the house are 5-horizontal panal doors so we wanted to match that style. We were lucky enough to find one at the local "antique" (junk) shop for $15.00. Not a bad price for a solid wood door! Anyway, as you can see, Doug and I are now officially room 14.


We have removed the wallpaper border that was in the living and dining room. It was practically falling off by itself and definitely not our style. I'm anxious to get some paint on the walls of our white box living room.


I took the screen door off the front door because it was just ugly and was hiding what we believe was an original front door to the house. Obviously, those strange sidelights were not original.


We took out the cabinet in the room off the living room that was blocking access to the front stairs. We believe the wall was completely open originally to show off the stairs and we will get to that eventually. Right now we are just glad we can get to the stairs without going outside. As you can see, this is the room we are keeping all unopened boxes in until we find time to open them. It's amazing to have a room that we don't actually "need" for any productive use at this time.


We've done a lot of things that don't show up in pictures like getting the air conditioning running on the second floor. That was essential. I'm in the middle now of destroying the guest bedroom. I'll put some pictures of the destruction up tomorrow and some pictures of our cat's latest adventure in home renovation.