
The Ugly Hutch and The Beautiful Stairway That Hid Behind It: Part II
In my previous post, The Ugly Hutch and The Beautiful Stairway That Hid Behind It: Part I, I told you how we removed the existing big ugly hutch and cut part of the wall to expose the staircase behind it. With the hutch and wall now gone, a new mystery emerged. On the floor underneath...

The Ugly Hutch and The Beautiful Stairway That Hid Behind It: Part I
With all of the traveling I’ve been doing for work recently, I haven’t had much time to write about some of the other things we’ve done to the house since we’ve moved in. If you remember my earlier post entitled Peeling Back The Layers, you’ll recall that the whole first floor had wall-to-wall carpeting and...

Stripping The Old Wallpaper in the Upstairs Hallway
When we moved in, the upstairs hallway had what I’m guessing was a very retro 1940’s-50’s style wallpaper on it that was covering the original plaster walls. It was in great condition, but didn’t fit in with our vision for the house and had to go. We knew the wallpaper had to be steamed off,...