No Dead Bodies Here

When you remodel an old house, there is always anticipation of hidden treasures. Not ones of cash that some people find (though at the time of this post, that would be a WONDERFUL find to help pay for marble tile), but of vintage hardware found tucked away in the basement or an old metal cabinet that the previous owners used for paint storage.

On the flip side of this, our friend Larry refuses to help us with anything because "you guys have the kind of house that people find dead bodies in".

But we really have not found anything that great or morbid yet. Most of the house was gutted down and stripped of its original contents...or so we thought. Are you ready for this find?

Here we have LJ with one of the doors from upstairs. After thinking it was just a hollow core door, we threw it out into the back shed where my girls started using it as a roost. Upon further investigation, LJ decided that the paneling would come off...


And so he and his little pink ipod pried it off. The mask is purely for cosmetic purposes. Makes this look even more exciting.


And he pried...


And voila! Someone had just GLUED the old nasty paneling over the nice 5 panel door. These doors go for about $150-$250 a piece. There are five of them...all had fake paneling glued over them...all were about to go to Salvation Army.

What the....

I was checking some blogs when I came across this...
I will give you a hint: it is a bag that was described as drool worthy.

Comments anyone? Am I just out of the loop on what's up?

I Am Pretty Sure That Rainbow Brite Threw up In Our Basement

Let me make something clear first...I like wallpaper. I really do. I go on to ferm living all the time and drool over their fun designs. That being said, I will avoid putting up wallpaper at all cost in our house.

Why, you ask? It is such the HOT thing to do!

Right....I reply...and obviously this was the HOT thing to do at one point...
Oh wait...you can't tell just how beautiful this old wallpaper is? Let me get you a closer look.
Yes, that is foil. It really only gets better...
Ohhh there we go. Because the angled lines of foil were too "busy"...thank god they put in some vertical lines to calm the pattern down.

Seeing this got me thinking...why not show you all the glimpses of old wallpaper in our house! Ready for this?!
The Good...Trains and Trolleys really aren't that bad in an kid's room...


The Bad...the master bedroom...thank god I never saw it with this striped/flower color scheme...that would hurt.

Yep, the ugly. I hope the shininess comes through on your monitors so you can bask in the glow!