Demo Day Three consisted of the dining room. I know, some thought this was the nicest room in the house. Alas, no longer! I have to say that I hate horsehair. It served its life of 114 years, but it is so dry and crumbly, it falls apart in your hand and has become a permanent part of the wall paper.
Yes we did put up plastic and attempt to seal off the room, but the fine dust makes its way everywhere anyway.
We did find two interesting things in the ceiling...
Yes we did put up plastic and attempt to seal off the room, but the fine dust makes its way everywhere anyway.
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| Dining Room before |
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| More dining room BEFORE |
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| Dining Room interior wall BEFORE |
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| A close of of the wallpaper which had faded to a preppy pink and mint green... |
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| The wallpaper underneath the wainscoting |
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| What was under the wainscoting on the wall that backs up to the kitchen |
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| The 1970s wallpaper under the "wainscoting". The kids wanted to keep it! |
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| 114 year old horse hair plaster ugh. |
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| The hauling crew...transporting wood lathe and trim boards. |
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| The "beams" are actually boards sandwiched together and difficult to remove! |
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| The gutted and very dusty room... |
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| Funky wiring - you can see an old doorway that went into a bathroom that was carved out of the kitchen space. |
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| More dusty dirty house. |
We did find two interesting things in the ceiling...
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| U2? |
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| 1980s clearly...not sure who... |
