Kitchen tile and old stairs

Here's a shot of the drywall being mudded and sanded. There were many many precision cuts to do and we handled it really well. That is, we didn't have to use a ton of mud.

And the walls are primed and the tile starts going down.

Putting some grout down.

The yard is of course an always in progress thing. Here are some stairs that I uncovered (unearthed). Beautiful!

Bathroom and Kitchen and Music!

The kitchen is back to bare walls and original pine. All cleaned up and ready to be built. I need to take some trash to the dump so I can have the trailer again.

I got the 1st floor bathroom done and reasonable. It got bleach cleaned and I took the first shower in it this morning! The bath will last until the rest of the house is reasonable. I still think bathrooms need some major overhauling.

Now, most importantly. I took a shower, put on clean clothes, and then got some AirPlay working. Wow, there is music in the home! How healing. Like anything right now, that solution is not permanent. But it is nice to have radio paradise in the air while I work.

Ripping out the Kitchen

There was a smell. You know that smell. Some combination of moldy cat piss mouse turds. Ain't nobody got time for that! So, River and I ripped the linoleum floor up and supporting board to find damaged maple. That helped.

As we inspected piece by piece, we rejected piece by piece. From wiring to plumbing to cabinets to the maple floors.

We got it down the the original pine floor. We pulled all the base boards off and trim. We're planning on drywalling the entire kitchen, leaving the ceiling for now (not original).

After it's clean and ready, we'll design and build a new kitchen.

Linoleum floor and maple

Damage to the maple

Dad out for a rip. That corner was DISGUSTING

Established in July of 2014

Ok, not really. This house was built around 1880. You can see it on State Rd below.

So, this home has a nice badge on the front, Fenton Home Tour 1984. I think it was a real nice home in 1984 and then it was sold and nothing has been done to it since. Until now. Welcome, follow me on the journey of making this neglected gem once again polished.