Here are a couple more pictures for your twisted enjoyment.
The first order of business was changing the locks on the doors. The front door has a "Hobbit handle" just below the bottom of this picture, which is situated about two feet above the bottom of the door. I think midgets used to live here...
Here's Meredith posing in front of the incredibly dark and ugly window dressings that came with the house. After changing the door locks, the very first thing I did when we got the house was tear down every curtain, valance, and shade in the entire house.
You would not believe how incredibly dark the house was with all of those ugly curtains. Of all the cleaning, scrubbing, etc. we've done, removing the curtains was the single biggest improvement we've made so far. Once we get moved in, we'll put up simple white mini-blinds to keep harsh light down.
Here's a picture of the wood-burning fireplace. I've used a lot of gas fireplaces before, but never the real deal. Most likely, this thing will only get lit on Christmas. I'd like to remove the mirror above the mantle and replace it with one of the old-time drawings of the planet.
I managed to wire the oven to a new cord and get it plugged in without killing myself. That deserves a thumbs up.
Does something look wrong with this hammer to you? This is why you don't pull 4" nails with a tack hammer. I accidentally left my hammer at home, and all I had in my toolbox was this puny thing.
Check out this lovely wallpaper border (and matching paint!) in one of the upstairs bedrooms. This room will be my office until I finish remodeling the basement later this summer. Yes, the border will be removed and the room repainted first!
More pics to come later!
-b0b
(...will really get some work done this weekend!)