Since feeling convicted about my lack of photos on my blog, I decided to publish a blog almost entirely of pictures. These were from the 10 day work period my family and I spent in Missouri fixin up my grandma's house.
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We ripped up the pee-soaked carpet and threw down some hardwood
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It took a couple of days
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My mom and I hard at work
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Dad cut his finger, so we thought it'd be funny if he put his initials in blood under the floorboards :/
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When it was finished I called it the "Pride and Prejudice Room"
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Next we tackled Grandma's bed room
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Ya never know what you will find under the wallpaper... Dad swore it wasn't mold. I just nodded my head and wore a gas mask the rest of the time :)
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painting
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And done! You can't tell but it's really yellowish green
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We called this the "George Washington Crossing the Delaware" room
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Some of the wallpaper was peeling off so I stapled it back on. Turns out that was a bad idea...
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Primer
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Room #3 finished!
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Next was the Bathroom
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Someone from the '60s thought gold butterfly wallpaper was in style
'nuff said
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We had to move the toilet to the front hall. Grandma didn't like that very much. It stayed there three days.
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Nice new tile and paint.
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We also spraypainted the furniture outside
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I found a German leatherbound Bible in the basement from 1850. It was pretty sweet.
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We filled a commercial dumpster with stuff from the basement. There's an Atari in there somewhere, but at this point we didn't really care to find it.
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Dad's office. One of my favorite memories was him sawing wood with an earpiece in listening in on some meeting he was supposed to be supervising.
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