Unlike the attic, this is a dark, cobwebby, spider-filled space. In fact, we didn't take any before pictures. I spent all day Monday, 6 or 7 hours, trying to clean it out. It is a million times better but this is so much work to do in this space just to get it out of the "disgusting" category. I just tried to get it to the point that I don't balk at going down there because the laundry is down there.
Here are the stairs going down.
It's a window. It's been sided over from the outside. They left the curtains and everything in place, just sided over it. Opening it up would actually help this stairway a lot. There would be light and air circulation for the basement. It's on our long-range "to-do" list. On the wall opposite the yellow window, there is an section of the wall that looks like it was framed to be a window also. However, it's the back of the kitchen wall and would only look out into this stairwell so we don't know what that is all about. Here is some of the wallpaper that originally decorated this stairway. Only bits and pieces hang on now.
Here is the section that looks like it might have originally been framed for a window. Another old house mystery.
We'll finish our tour down the scary stairs tomorrow.
2 comments:
Ah, reminds me of our first house we remodeled because of lead paint, doorway above the stairs and all. Bummer you have to trek down there with laundry. There'a potential here, though, so don't despair!
Brandy of The Building Brows
Your attic and basement are eerily similar to mine. I made my husband move our washer and dryer out of my basement as soon as we bought the house because there is NO WAY I would go down there to do laundry.
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