Erik's dad came up to visit last week, and lend us some time helping out on the house. Thursday was going to be a hot one, so we decided we should stay out of the sun & heat and work inside. Demolition of the dining room was on the list of things to do. We started off with trying to salvage the wide pine boarding along the stairs. After about 15 minutes of good effort to pry the first board off, as it was on there pretty good, we needed a bite of that whiskey we found behind the board. Paul Jones whiskey, I hadn't heard of it, coming from a long line of whiskey drinkers myself. A little prying of my own into the history of the brand led to one of the advertisements, "Make a Change for the Better". That also seems to be the motto for us at 528!
Karl posing with the treasure he finds behind the wall. Take a good look as this is the last smile out of him for the rest of the day, I am pretty sure the squirrel nests and mouse poop was more than he bargained for in his idea of helping out. But it was a HUGE help. We gutted the entire room and cleaned up the crap. Literally.
That's me, I've been getting more brave with the reciprocating saw. It's hard to tell with my ventilation mask, but this is evidence that I wear it. See, Mom?!
Karl just took out the china cabinet, it wasn't pretty. It was stained pine shutter with black "little house on the prairie" hardware. And above it, was a very large squirrel nest, built onto the chimney so they could stay warm during the winter.
Before
the dining room with all it's "old world" charm.
During
With the wood paneling gone & the wall paper ready to get the 'ole heave ho.
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