I'm thoroughly whooped from a morning of house cleaning. The agent is supposed to be here an hour to take pictures of the place. Hopefully, when she's done I can get back to work. I need to ease into the news of the day, blog, and then get my own writing down. While I'm waiting for her, I'll write a  house-y post. 

Here's the entrance way of the house, after we ripped out wood paneling, the carpet, and a closet that covered the window. Seven years ago. 

There's Dad pulling out nails from the rug. Hi Dad!

We found the original wallpaper under the fake wood paneling, and linoleum under the carpet. 

After the floors were sanded, it looked a little bit better. 

It still needed a lot of work. Last month, we did the last remaining jobs in the place. We stained the replacement rungs, patched the ceiling, and fixed the molding. Here it is now:

Believe it or not, we're actually going to lose a lot of money on this place. Le sigh.