Breakfast. A good way to start a long, productive day. 
The bathroom in the Casita. The light fixture is being replaced, I've already got that but need my husband to remove this old one for me. I don't do anything with electricity. In this picture I had started to remove the wallpaper, but didn't finish. As you can see, it started coming off differently than the rest of the walls. I also had this problem in the kitchen which is on the other side of the wall. Wondering why I couldn't seem to get to the "bottom" of the layer(s) I finally investigated in a hidden corner. There NO drywall. Is that one word or two? The house is old enough that when it was built, with real wood and from top to bottom, they simply stapled or nailed a thick paper type layer onto the wall that could either be painted or papered. In this case, I think it was painted light blue and then wallpaper has been added over and over and over again creating a very different wall to work with. This is why they have "texture". Highly toxic crap in a spray bottle that makes the wall look like it should, with a nice orange peel texture to it. A bit on the spendy side, but still cheaper than gutting and putting up drywall. I just need to be careful with a few walls and all should go well.
Another angle. I plan on leaving the bottom half the way it is. It's actually pretty recent, and with a good cleaning, it will look nice with fresh paint and better fixtures. The window however, needs a lot of love. I took off the really old window shade and valance, and took a good look at the sill. As of yet, I have never refinished any kind of wood and have always been turned off at the idea. It just seems to easy to ruin. But, after a few thoughtful moments I figured what the hell! Why not? It's small enough that if I do ruin it I can always sand it down again and paint it white. So, in case you haven't guessed it, I'm going to sand all the crap off of it and re-finish it.
A different angle from the living room and on into the dining room. The blue that you see is the really old carpet padding, from the 50's I think, that dosen't come off easily. If we weren't attempting to preserve the original hard floors underneath this, I personally would take a snow shovel to this and be done with it.
Another angle. I plan on leaving the bottom half the way it is. It's actually pretty recent, and with a good cleaning, it will look nice with fresh paint and better fixtures. The window however, needs a lot of love. I took off the really old window shade and valance, and took a good look at the sill. As of yet, I have never refinished any kind of wood and have always been turned off at the idea. It just seems to easy to ruin. But, after a few thoughtful moments I figured what the hell! Why not? It's small enough that if I do ruin it I can always sand it down again and paint it white. So, in case you haven't guessed it, I'm going to sand all the crap off of it and re-finish it. 
A different angle from the living room and on into the dining room. The blue that you see is the really old carpet padding, from the 50's I think, that dosen't come off easily. If we weren't attempting to preserve the original hard floors underneath this, I personally would take a snow shovel to this and be done with it. We are also discussing the benefits of removing this old wood burning stove. Now, this is a hot topic right now. So many pro's and con's. No rentee is going to go somewhere to chop wood and do that whole thing, it's a major fire hazard in such a small house, and it dosen't have a proper hearth. On the flip side of that, taking it out would mean a lot of work towards patching the holes that it's going to leave.
The pro's are that it would slash electricity bills by half. Really? That's it? So far, we are leaning towards removing it and calling it good. We'll see.
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