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OMG… just… OMG… (Demolition day 1)

Posted in August 17th, 2007
by Kelli in carpet, chair rail, closets, garbage, paneling, photos, wall sconce, wallpaper

Wow. I’m exhausted. It’s been a helluva day.
Left work at 3:00. Brandon got a tetanus shot at 3:45. We met up with our realtor at the mortgage office at 4:30 to do the closing. Our mortgage person said closings usually take 20 minutes to half an hour, but the four of us are chatty people […]

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Field Trip!

Posted in August 14th, 2007
by Kelli in closets, wallpaper

Since I don’t have any progress to tell you about or new pictures to show you, I’ll show you a little collection of photos I took of really old wallpaper in my mom’s house. Her house is in the same neighborhood as mine and was built in 1909. I have no way of knowing when […]

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