Upstairs Update

Along with the bathroom, the rest of the upstairs is getting there. Demolition is scheduled for Todd's office:

Crappy fiberboard walls, old windows and old insulation, out. New drywall, new windows and extra-fluffy insulation, in. We also hope we're done with the fly infestation. Flypaper and this battery-operated flyswatter have helped with that problem. Theory is that a rat died in the attic somewhere and a fly laid eggs in it. It was like the plague in Egypt (Moses, Pharaoh, Exodus...stick with me here). So. Many. Flies.

Anyway, they're mostly dead now, which is its own problem. But it's preferable to having them alive. I really hope there's no more eggs that will be hatching.

Moving on... here's the guest room, which is overflow for everything that currently doesn't have a home and the contents of Todd's office, which is going to be demoed soon. Floors look good though, huh?

 Just focus on the floors.

Ok, they don't look that great in this shot, which is the top of the stairs, but they do need to be cleaned. The picture's really orangey, which isn't how they look. The upstairs is still mostly a construction area, so we're not being too hyper about them right now.

This one's a bit better. Thinking the railing is going to get a coat of glossy black someday. 

 Down the stairs... this actually looks really crappy. The floor does not look crappy. It's not perfect, but it's such a vast improvement over what it was that it seems ungrateful to be anything other than thrilled. We had Mr. Sandless do them, which uses some kind of polymer finish instead of polyurethane, so it's all green and non-toxic.

 Lastly, so much promise in the middle of the chaos. That chimney makes my heart sing. This is the fun part, where it's all starting to come together, and the vision we had in the beginning is starting to bleed into reality.