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I have some before pictures here to see...
these are from what is now Mo's room - I think the last time it was painted was in the 80's sometime. I wish I had took some before it was cleaned out, it is so hard to imagine now because it looked like something out of a movie. There was ripped sheets and dirty clothes, dog poop, human and dog urine stained carpet, a full size bed, like 4 dressers filled with clothes and papers etc. Well you will be able to get an idea from the next set of photos but here are these...
that is a picture of the west facing wall where there were shelves that were hung sometime in the 70's...
this the floor and wall color in Mo's closet - I have no idea when that closet was last painted - maybe in the 40's? Not sure but the color was kind of cool but too muted.
This is to give an idea of what shape the floor was like under the carpet that was in the room - actually under the carpet was linoleum in the shape of like an area rug that I guess was the fashion in the 40's-50's and then they painted around the linoleum. Fun. But I don't think the linoleum was glued down (thank God!) because it came up really easy - again wish I got that on camera but in my defense it's hard to do that when you're frantically cleaning and painting and chasing a 2 year old! But back to the story at hand, under the linoleum we found newspapers in tact like archived even a bit from 1950! So cool! Even the comics! We've got them pressed in cardboard right now waiting on me to bring them to get framed in some fashion. It may take a while!
okay this is the mantle in Mo's room - I have no idea what happened to it but the corner was kind of worn away where the mantle shelf (I have no idea what the correct word is for that) meets the wall. Paul diligently plastered it over and over again and sanded it to make it look all nice and pretty. You can see it in process here its the patch of white in that area...
this is a picture of a bloodspot from the ceiling...lets just say eewwww...
these are from what is now Mo's room - I think the last time it was painted was in the 80's sometime. I wish I had took some before it was cleaned out, it is so hard to imagine now because it looked like something out of a movie. There was ripped sheets and dirty clothes, dog poop, human and dog urine stained carpet, a full size bed, like 4 dressers filled with clothes and papers etc. Well you will be able to get an idea from the next set of photos but here are these...
that is a picture of the west facing wall where there were shelves that were hung sometime in the 70's...
this the floor and wall color in Mo's closet - I have no idea when that closet was last painted - maybe in the 40's? Not sure but the color was kind of cool but too muted.
This is to give an idea of what shape the floor was like under the carpet that was in the room - actually under the carpet was linoleum in the shape of like an area rug that I guess was the fashion in the 40's-50's and then they painted around the linoleum. Fun. But I don't think the linoleum was glued down (thank God!) because it came up really easy - again wish I got that on camera but in my defense it's hard to do that when you're frantically cleaning and painting and chasing a 2 year old! But back to the story at hand, under the linoleum we found newspapers in tact like archived even a bit from 1950! So cool! Even the comics! We've got them pressed in cardboard right now waiting on me to bring them to get framed in some fashion. It may take a while!
okay this is the mantle in Mo's room - I have no idea what happened to it but the corner was kind of worn away where the mantle shelf (I have no idea what the correct word is for that) meets the wall. Paul diligently plastered it over and over again and sanded it to make it look all nice and pretty. You can see it in process here its the patch of white in that area...
this is a picture of a bloodspot from the ceiling...lets just say eewwww...
posted by kp at
11:01 AM
1 Comments:
Wow - looking at those pictures makes you wonder about the things that went on in those old houses. If walls could talk, right?!?!
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