RenovateKC

It rained this past weekend. That explains the wet outside, and it goes half way toward explaining the wet inside. Not only did the showers keep us from painting, the severity and direction of the downpour left no doubt as to the quality of our repaired roof. The roof was repaired over the summer, long before we bought the house. The roof itself was in good shape, but some of the flashing was done improperly, and that allowed water to seep in and soak a small hole through the living room ceiling. The repair work is evident, but apparently they missed a spot. The good news? Dad and I had purchased a tarp at Home Depot that same morning to transport some lumber to the house. Uncle Tim and I used the tarp to cover the offending area of the roof. We used the recently removed front porch railing to keep the tarp in place. It looked classy.

That leak, as I said, only goes half way toward explaining the wet conditions inside. The rest of the water was there on purpose. Grandma and two of her sisters, Mary Al and Denny, took the wallpaper to task in both bedrooms. Mom was in on the action as well until she was pulled away to be my youngest sister's chauffeur. Everyone involved was taking the paper to task with a wide assortment of spray bottles and putty knives. The strangest thing, in my opinion, was the amount of wallpaper in the closets. I counted up to five layers, and I just can't imagine taking the time to paper in a closet. The wallpaper is almost done for - a small bit remains in the back bedroom closet, and we still have at least one layer hanging around the bottom half of the living room.

Mom also made an interesting discovery in our duct work. Hair, hair, and hair. Oh, and popsicle sticks. Yum!

We took more pictures than we can fit in this brief write up. Don't forget that by clicking on any one of the photos you will be taken to our Flickr photo stream.