House in Progress Diary

Every Day

Every day, there are discoveries at the new house. Those funny looking sink drains that I thought was just extra hardware? (They were thrown onto the hardware bench versus tossed out.)

Collectible flower frogs. Who knew?

At this point, we just want to peek behind the fireplace boards and get the first floor clean. And evict the raccoons from the attic.

We have organized everything that we need to research by floor and room. Now that the digital camera is back, we'll be able to share some interesting "finds". PLUS our house has many mysteries that need to be solved for restoration. But we'll come back to that.

Most interesting point in my day? Figuring out that I had a rare Mother Goose book published in 1878. One conversation with Powells in Chicago and they're sending someone out to review the rest of the "finds".

Low points of the day? Realizing that our dog absolutely hates the new house. (Too scary) Hauling out half a garage full of garbage to wait until I can call a service. Nothing interesting in there...just cardboard boxes and dirty rags and fallen plaster.

New mystery...we'll post a picture soon. How did the kitchen look originally? So complicated, that one question.

Posted by jeanne on June 4, 2003 at 12:58 AM