One little patch to go in the dining room.
My Admiration
of "The Worker"
The first time I saw Kris' home on Almond Street, I marveled at the handiwork, not realizing she had done the majority of the work. She's picked up where she left off at our house on Hill Street. Though we both are a bit frustrated with some of the upkeep of a 100-year-old home, Kris continues to make improvements on it. I help on most of the projects, but she's the leader. Here are some of the the things she has done so far and hopes to do in the future.
1. The office: One of the first things she did was take down this cool golf-themed wallpaper and paint the walls a neutral color
(at least I thought the golf paper was cool!)
2. The living room: She had us take down a big mirror
and painted above the fireplace.
3. The dining room I: She put up some great wooden shutters, tore down some old wallpaper and eventually painted it a neutral color.
4. The dining room II: She ripped out some old carpeting
to expose a beautiful wooden floor.
5. The dining room III: She's currently redoing the wooden floor to get a more durable finish and highlight the rustic beauty of the wood. (see photo)
6. The kitchen: We took down an odd-looking mirror on one wall and put up a neat chalkboard.
7. The bathroom next to our bedroom I:
She painstakingly tore up a cheap floor covering to expose an original octagonal tile.
8. The bathroom next to our bedroom II: She ripped off the old walls, exposing the wooden lats, then had a new wall put up and painted it a matching color to the tiles.
9. Our bedroom: We put up wooden blinds similar
to the ones downstairs.
10. The living room future: She wants to yank out the old carpet to expose another wooden floor.
Phew! What a woman!
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