The Interior Is DONE

Sorry, I have not taken any final pictures yet, and won't until I have finished cleaning it.

We still have a lot of work to do on the Exterior but it won't stop, raining, snowing, and blowing long enough to do anything.

Check back next week...

Here's a cute pic of Calista and Carradie from when Clayton came to help Lance a couple of weeks ago.

The Garage

The Stairs/ Entry

When I first walked into this house, I knew that it was the one for me because it had a staircase in the entryway-My Favorite! I have always envied a beautiful stair case- This one is not so beautiful- but I could see the potential...

JUST CUT OFF THE 2nd STORY FLOOR...

AND TAKE OUT A COUPLE OF CONFINING WALLS...

And you have the makings for a great staircase/entry way!

The Kitchen

I don't know if it looked better before or after the cabinets were torn out???

The Upstairs

These are a few various pictures of the upstairs of the house. There was 4 befrooms and a bathroom and lots of cute little wierd closets everywhere.

This is the master bedroom closet. Big- huh!

Long skinny hallway that ran the length of the house upstairs.

After a days work

This is the long skinny hallway and all of those cute little closets.

Lance and Calista in the Master Bedroom

These are what we call "Wall Treasures." We were hoping for $30,00 in cash, but we will settle for some cool old junk. There is an old pen from 1925, some shoe polish, an envelope postmarked 1923, a couple of silver utensils, a newspaper from 1928 and a bottle of poison from the Rupert Pharmacy (not pictured.)

This is the old Fireplace flume. I love old brick, but I think we are going to have to tear it out. Sad.

The stair well- minus a few confining walls.

This is THE OLD HOUSE

It's really no secret that we (okay Bettie) loves old houses. If it is built after 1940, it's not for me. If it is old, down in a valley, and adjacent to the shopping district where I never have to drive a car it is for me. Lance, on the other hand, dreams of his brand new mansion on the hill where he can watch deer pounce onto his lawn in the wee hours of the morning. Because our ideals are so opposite, we had to strike an agreement. I get the final say where we live for the first 15 years, then he gets the choice the second 15 years and so on. So here we are, working on our 9th year of marriage and our 3rd old house!

We both do really love it though, and we are both excited and apprehensive about the huge remodel project in front of us for the next few months. It should be interesting!

Tear out officially started today!

The Porch

Lots of work to do here as well. New exterior paint, concrete work, some slate tiles, and a new front door should do the trick. We are so excited about the size of the front porch. We are definitely front porch dwellers. We can sit and watch the dead people arrive across the street! (Yes, we live across the street from the mortuary- he he he) People are just dying to come see us!

The Backyard and Garage

This is the view out the Master Bedroom window. We are tearing down the Garage and and all the concrete (and the bball hoop) and starting over. The telephone pole to the left is our property line. As you can see all the top soil is gone and nothing will grow, but hopefully after bringing in new top soil, building a fence, and planting some new sod and flowers it will be beautiful this spring.