The house then . . .

Well, we've been in our house just over a year now, and it's hard to believe how much it's changed (and how far it still has to go!). We've had a lot of help from family in help & direction.

When we moved in, the house had been vacant for a while, and before that was home to 5 cats who (according to neighbors)never went outside. There was cat urine/feces in every room of the house.

First step once we moved in was to tear up 1000 sf of carpet (cut into rolls and put out at the curb stretched 30ft long x 2ft high), lay baking soda, fungicide and seal all with shellac. Then the whole house was painted 3x (1 primer, 2 coats). Add carpet thruout, change the lights, wallpaper borders, window dressings, tear out the chimney by hand, and things really start to take shape.