Yesterday, I spent about two hours cleaning-off between six and eight square feet of wall.  Ugh.  The paper part of the wallpaper comes off pretty easily.  The 100+ year old glue and what…

Not all work performed while restoring a home is on the house itself.  There are some things that are necessary for happy life during restoration work, and sometimes those things break.  I noticed…

Yes, these are names of real pieces of hardware. What is a "hickey," you might ask? Well, it is a fitting that allows one to hang an electrified fixture from an old gas…

Today saw the end of the metal support structure for the ceiling, and all of the lag bolt anchors installed in the ceiling to hold up the support structure. Jenny helped me to…

After dinner with the parents tonight, I wanted to check-out a few things in the room.  Some good discoveries were made in the process.  Yay! Good finish on the floors under the carpeting! …

They're in my beard and in my hair.  Ick. I really dislike these old ceiling tiles.  Dirty, dusty, sharp paint edges....  I can't think of a single reason to like them.  Okay, I…

Woo-hoo!  Good thing I know some old school html, or something like that.  Oh snap.  Off the chains. - jonathan

Something is wrong with the in-line pictures in the previous post, but I'm too tired to fix them right now.  I'll get to them sometime tomorrow.  Argh.

An evening and an afternoon worth of work have prepared the living room for its upcoming restoration. We decided to use the dining room as temporary living space, since we wanted to have…