Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Basement - before and after




Just realized we had these pics.  This is the basement next to Delano Floral.  I think we made some progress!!!


BEFORE - 8/7/2011


AFTER - 1/31/2014


Sunday, February 2, 2014

Getting ready for the party!





Dale's birthday party will take place at The Jerome and while we obviously won't have the building spic and span, I promise the bathroom will be spotless -- at least to the best of my ability!

Before


After.  The floor may still look dirty, but it has been scrubbed with three different cleaners! And I promise the hose will be gone and the toilet will flush!  
 While I was busy cleaning, Dale was spending the day in the other basement pulling down old pipes and electrical that hasn't been used in years.  Remember a couple of months ago when I told you we couldn't use a sink upstairs because Dale found it was leaking into the basement? Well when he he used the wrench on another pipe, the pipe carrying that water just fell apart.  Yep... this building was ready for a complete overhaul!

The stairs going down to the middle building now have a handrail making this trek a little safer.

Look at what was found in the rafters?  An old pair of skis!!

I think this is a storage room in the basement.   Honestly, it was too dark to see in there so thankfully the flash caught it!


Here are the skis!

Check out the tips!
The buckle is intact on the left ski and is tied together with old string (which I thought was a dead spider when I brought them up from the basement!).