We've given it all we got

For the first few weeks, we dove right in and did some demo.

Before:

Linoleum floors from the mid 90's.

Gross and smelly carpets.

During:

This was us taking out the popcorn ceiling.  It was disgusting
but probably not asbestos...   though it probably was.

about 400 lbs of carpet...

After:

Pretty oak floors protected by carpet for 30 years!

Pretty fir floors upstairs! (and in the kitchen, but not so pretty there.)

It look us lots of after-work nights and weekends to tear up all that carpet, dig out the carpet tacks and pry up the tack boards.  I'm sure we've saved the contractors about 20 minutes and about $47 in labor, but hey -- I've done more for less in the past.

We also took up the linoleum in the kitchen -- there are fir floors under there too, but they aren't in such good shape...

At this point, any demolition work that we do will start to throw lead dust into the air and cause us to get even dumber.  And nobody needs that. So we're just salvaging old cabinet drawers and picking up ancient leftover crates from the crawlspace.  fun.

I think the next thing is to pick out fixtures and tiles and paint - maybe hire a designer or something.. I don't know -- I can barely dress myself.  Amy will have to take care of this.