Like I said before, I always think I can do more than I actually can get done! My friend, Theda came and helped with the sheetrock, but we just didn't finish it.









Below is the built-in butler cupboard in the back hallway. I painted the inside and Adrienne filled it with plates and dishes and glasses. Cookbooks are underneath. I have yet to paint the inside of the drawers. I won't do anything the to outside of it except maybe oil it down to bring out the nice finish.

Gwen and I bought a house in Denver after months of looking. It is a big old (built in 1892) Denver Square with a carriage house in the back. We bought it cheap because it needs a lot of work, including a bit of foundation work. It has been in the same family since 1920 and hasn't been updated much at all. I'm going to ATTEMPT to keep a blog on the work as it progresses in the next year or so.

Gwen doesn't arrive here until the end of July and I'd love to have it done for her by then, but there's no way that will happen! Here are a few pics of the house and what I've started working at.

Oh yeah...Adrienne has come to live with me since Christmas.


Overgrown shrubs gotta go!


Love the double stairway.


Built-in at the end of the dining room


Living room fireplace. There are 4 fireplaces in the house!


Middle bedroom fireplace. This room will eventually be the master bedroom of the master suite.


This is the top of the fireplace in the front parlor.


The kitchen is very old...like from the 40's. It is also falling of the back end of the house. We will tear it off and build a new one.
Parlor chandelier.


Adrienne tearing off plaster in the parlor.



The screen door handle is FIXED!

Once upon a time...my truck was dirty....






























...and then it was clean