A month and half!

Well, it has been a month and a half since we first started our improvement projects! We started with paint removal, then removed the carpets in the bedroom and office, then removed the tile in the bedroom and office, took down wallpaper in the bedroom, removed the tar and tarpaper from the floors, removed the popcorn ceilings in both rooms, and have begun the monsterous task of removing paint from all of the trim, doors and baseboards in both of these rooms. On the side, we've done a smattering of other landscaping projects, including juniper removal and survey of our house! That's what I get for being an engineer :) We are going to start on our fence here shortly, so that should be another experience! The following photos represent a smattering of our progress to date:

The second (guest) bedroom:


Look what we found! Very old (1930's vinyl tile)


Ryan uses his large muscles to pry off wallpaper


A rather cantankerous layer of tar + tar paper under the tile.


Sarah using her large muscles to remove the popcorn ceilings, what a pain!