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View of the living room as Mom had it for many years |
The restoration/updating of the old homestead hits another milestone — the
removal of wallpaper, repainting of rooms, pulling of carpet, and refinishing
of the original hardwood floors is finally complete. Not to mention all new
plumbing (the old galvanized pipes were had reached the last of their death
throes) and a new roof. We still have a ton of stuff to do before the final
move, especially prepping the Greensboro house to go on the market, but from
this end, there's something akin to light at the end of the tunnel.
I was all set to keep the work going at a strong pace, so I came up on
Thursday to get a head start on the weekend. Then... boom... I get hit with a
miserable stomach bug that is just now beginning to abate. No food other than
a half bowl of soup and a piece of bread over the past three days. I'm feeling
better, and I've been able to eat a little today, but I'm so weak, just going
from one end of the house to the other about does me in. If I can keep getting
a little nourishment into me, maybe tomorrow.
The walls painted (courtesy Standalone Kustoms), the carpet removed. The original hardwoods were deeply stained, but the refinishing (courtesy Macarena Hardwood Floors out of Madison, NC) worked wonders.
Before and after the floor refinishing, viewed from the opposite end of the living room.