On the weekend of 25/26 March, we had a babysitter for Ian and Louise on Sunday, so we could have a solid, uninterrupted work day. We vacuumed the carpets, removed all the doors and mirrors and stored them in the garage (to keep them safe when the real work starts), and salvaged a beautiful mid century floating shelving/cupboard unit from the basement. Ward also removed decades of cobwebs from around the electrical panel to ensure proper access and cleaned out the basement windows and hallway from cobwebs and other debris. He also ripped a once very sophisticated but now no longer working security system out to get rid of a lot of no longer required wiring.
Meanwhile, I (Maria) started washing the wood panels in what will be Louise's room...oh the tar and nicotine...😝 2 Hours, lots of murphy's oil soap and elbow grease later, one third of the room was clean(er).
This came off one of the squares:
I made an example out of a switch plate:
Thankfully, they saved a roll of the wallpaper for us!!! :)
Final contractor quotes should be in this week, the demo and asbestos removal set up, cigarette smoke remediation finished.
Ikebana!
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