Reno day Three

Day three was Thursday. I went to work in the morning and then over to the house with my Dad in the afternoon. I had vowed to tackle the backyard jungle and took this vow very seriously. Clippers in hand, I battled bees, wasps, mud, spiders and snails to take the big overgrown vines back to a reasonable size. I think I did a pretty decent job. I also cleaned up the piles of old wood and the broken fence. The fence behind the vines is really old and will need to be replaced eventually. Parts of it are only being held up by the massive vines.

Here's the before:

















And the after:

















I unfortunately had to really cut back the vines. It should look prettier in a couple weeks. For now though, we can enjoy a yard with less wasps and bees. We also now have lounge chairs in the backyard (courtesy of my mom) that got well used on day four - it was a hot one. More on that later.

Here are some more pictures from day three:

















Here's what the bedroom floor looks like now - I pulled out many of the nails that were in here. It took me a while to get my groove going but I'm like a pro now when it comes to pulling nails out of floors. A very useful skill, I'm sure.






















This is what the landing upstairs looks like. That's only radiator that hasn't be carried to the mud room yet. The mud room looks like a radiator grave yard right now - and will until they are taken to a scrap metal place. And as you can see, the floor planks are all crooked here. It's kind of scary to see what the bare bones of a house really are. There's really not too much to it! I'm looking forward to having some beams reinforced and the new floors put down :)






















Above is my artsy shot of what's left of the bathtub. As planned, it got shattered and carried out in pieces. This piece stayed in the bedroom for a while. I guess the novelty of shattering a cast iron bathtub wore off and this piece got left behind.


















And last but not least, here's Sam doing his classic muscle man pose in the dining room.