Unfortunately, one day Hank bent over and his "back side" almost went through one of the walls in our kitchen nook. The wall seems to have had some water damage at one time and were soft. Another wall was bowing out and the ceiling was pretty bad too. So, we decided to just take all the wall board down and replace it. This was unexpected, but if we just get it replaced now and make the mess now... then we will not have to do it later down the road. When we got ready to put it all back up, we saw where some boards are bowed and the walls were crooked. Now Hank has to do some re-framing, rip the other side of the wall out (which is in the dining room), get it all right and back together. This also means we had to remove the original, never removed, crown molding in the dining room. As Hank removed some of it... the thick paint literally peeled off the molding in sheets... and also started coming off the walls in sheets. There is no way I can paint over all of that... so we'll "peel" the old paint and start over in the dining room. Hopefully the pictures can do some of this story justice.... maybe you just have to be there. :) It does seem like projects "grow" sometimes.... it will be worth it in the end. Right?... ?...
Before
During
In the original blueprints of the house, there was a built in china cabinet in the breakfast room. At some point it had been removed and sheetrock put over the opening. We will leave this space open and have a china cabinet rebuilt with the original plans.
The other side of the breakfast room... the Dining Room
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