Thanks Ted! and other stuff

Dry laid stone foundations were common 100+ year ago. Inspector Brad noted that although this house's foundation was in good condition and is structurally sound, some of the stones on the interior wall were loose and the mortar on a small portion of the exterior had deteriorated due to vine growth. So, Ted came today to do some tuck pointing. I forgot to take the camera along, but the deed is now done! Thanks Ted! I'll take pictures tomorrow and add them to the post.

Didn't get a whole lot else accomplished there today.....tore out the carpeting in the basement, topping off the already full dumpster...time to get it emptied! Also took out the really bad wall framing in the basement. The paneling that it once flimsily supported was already long gone. And I tore down some of the aggressive vines on the west side of the house...in part to get them out of Ted's way.

We also picked out some paint colors today - Heirloom Lace for the kitchen cabinets and Winter Wheat for the walls, most likely living room, kitchen, dining room. The online images don't look like the paint samples we picked up, especially the winter wheat. I don't even know why I included the links here. It is really more of a warm yellow.

Playing Cinderella

Scrubbed kitchen cabinet doors today....scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed (my hands are so fatigued I'm having a hard time typing!). There was all sorts of splattered food, sticky schlaar, and fuzzy mold spots from what I can only assume was years of cleaning neglect! Fortunately the top cabinet doors weren't bad at all :)

Plugging along at a snail's pace.