The only problem is: there's MY plan...and then there's HER plan...and then there's the house' own plan...and finally, there's God's plan. I have no idea what the latter three of those plans are, but I figure that it will all work out okay in the end. In the meantime, we'll do it my way until I'm forced to do otherwise...which probably won't be very far down the road.
Above are the first photos I took the first time I entered the old house....me, in the mantelpiece mirror; Then the "Left Parlor" and finally, the "Right Parlor." These are the first rooms one sees when entering the house. The rooms are large, bright and...well, a great party place.
What you DON'T see is the three layers of wallpaper under that all that white paint...for starters...and what you don't feel is the bouncy floor near the fireplace in the room on the right...which means termite damage. You may, however notice the tacky 1950's bathroom in the second photo...where another entrance door used to be. That's because the "right parlor" used to be used as a bedroom. However, the plumbing job was good...and gives us something to tie our upstairs laundry room into...more about that to come.
Here's the Floor plan for the first floor:
Well, we've already changed the plan...the kitchen isn't large enough for the washer/dryer so the refrigerator goes in the pantry and the laundry upstairs...but more about that later too.So far, we've removed the closet in the middle of the diagram and have a walk through hallway...
but it's cold and generally disgusting in Ohio here in February so I'm not removing the kitchen door until things become warm and balmy!
The big danger is doing too many different things at once...which is what us guys with ADD tend to do...and the second big danger is finding helpers that may prove not to be too helpful...
Later!
Deano....New Jersey Boy sojourning in Cincinnati
I invite comments...dherbert53@aol.com
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