Old outside lights

Not even those cool modern light bulbs did the trick to modernize our old light fixtures by the entrance, so it was high time to replace them.

Bedroom walls -without mold

Clean and dry new walls in our bedroom meant that after a few months we could finally move in!

We are not crazy about this particular texture, but all the walls in the house have something; it would be pretty difficult to get rid of it everywhere. (These two images above were taken after even the window was replaced)

Brand new, clean sheetrock boards taped, and ready to be textured.

The walls still before painting, but the bedroom already started to feel like a fancy new hotel. Well, for us, anyway. After what we have seen...

Moldy old walls

Even before we moved in, it was obvious that the house had some mold in its walls and carpeting. We could not only smell it but noticed it under the wallpaper and all over the old carpet padding. Of course we didn't move into the bedroom right away.

First we thought removing the lower half of the sheetrock was enough but after a while it just seemed easiest to pull off the entire wall. This image was taken after we scrubbed the subfloor with a bleach and water mixture. On the wood framing close to the floor some damage can be seen. The rotten sections were removed and replaced before we washed the 2x4's and the inside of the outer wall.

We removed all of the old insulation and tar paper, and replaced them with new ones.

Here is an image just because it is kind of funny to look at this, TODAY. I was not laughing back then, honestly :)