...And It Needed Help

     Thanks to a bunch of friends and vehicle loaning, we were able to clean this up.  So this is what you would have seen back in September when you first open the front door.  To your immediate right is the door to the kitchen.  The white row of block to the wall is a "chimney" like none I have ever seen.  The door beyond that was the existing downstairs bathroom (Which will be turned into a proper laundry room).

     I know you want to see what the kitchen looked like when we got there, I always want to see the kitchen first!  Oh yeah and that little black hole in the wall is the chimney for a stove.  (we hope to eventually put in a small fire place here.
     So I loved the arched door (even though I didn't realize this whole wall was going to have to come off to rewire the place! Ha, ha)


     Here is what you would have seen walking into the kitchen.  Believe it or not, we found a window under the tiles behind the sink.  There is also a window on the front of the house in the kitchen.  When they are replaced it will be a nice sunny little kitchen.  All of the cupboards were removed and the dry wall removed for the remodeling to be done properly.

     In the back of the kitchen, they had this odd arrangement for the washer and dryer.  They were kind of kaddy-corner   Behind this wall is the bathroom that will be the future  laundry room.  Also keep in mind as you look at these, I was expecting to move in quickly and use this kitchen.  The Lord had other plans for us though.  Not long after these pics were taken, it rained really hard-- you know, one of those gully-washers.  Wow.  We walked in and the kitchen and all under the chimney was a pool.  That is when we found out the floor is not level.  (when are they ever in old houses?)

     Although these pictures are months old, I just want to keep a proper record of what it all looked like (so that when it does start looking good we can all be pleasantly amazed instead of horrified.)

Front door and window

front door and both windows

Front door where water came in

narrow steps leading upstairs Kinda spooky

this is gone forever!

skinny bathroom door too

see how high the dirt comes up on the house

Bushes are gone now too :(

this is from the upstairs bathroom in two places