Dirty work, but someone's gotta do it!

Weekend number 3 (and almost every night of the week) Eric has been at the house working away on the upper levels.  A friend and work contact of Eric's, John Oudyk, came over Saturday and helped tear up the attic floor.  With the wood floor up, John could then vacuum up all the insulation.  We had to open the floor so we have access to the bedroom ceilings for re-wiring.  What another messy job!  I didn't capture a picture of them working with their hazmat suits, but you can imagine the fluff and dust (and bird poop).

 

Much better for our lungs!

And while the guys were tearing apart the attic, Pauline and I attacked the wallpaper.  We started in Hannah's room and look how clean we got it just by pulling up the paper:

only bits to be removed yet by scraping and steamer

 Then, on to Jakob's room:

most of it came off in sheets, like this!

but then, it went downhill....the white is clear, the tan needs a steamer!

and the sitting room on the main floor.... Pauline and I attacked it for a couple hours and decided it's not salvageable (and I was too busy and tired to take pictures!) So, paintable wallpaper is the plan for that room!  The walls are in rough shape.

Then Eric tore apart the smallest bedroom, which will become the main bathroom.  

 

A big thank you to Delphine, Simon and Jeremy!  They watched Hannah and Jakob so I could work at the house.  And the kids had a blast.  They baked bread, went for a walk (in the windy rain) to the store for oats for the apple crisp(which they then made) and they built forts, read books and had a busy fun day. 

Next up, floors!  All  but one is salvageable, so we're pulling up all the linoleum and then we have a guy that will refinish them all! Woot Woot!

There's no heat in the house right now and it's chilly when you start working, but work hard enough and you actually break a sweat even though the temperature inside is low 60s.  Oh, and what construction site doesn't have choice bathroom facilities!  

What's behind door #1?

  

Niiiiice..........
If you come to visit or help... you've been warned! :)