Progress...

Well, we have had a very productive week here - the bathroom wainscoting is in and painted, the floor is laid an the commode is installed. Unfortunately, I bought the wrong connector so its not working yet. It looks really nice! It turned out really good and was really cheap. I spent less than
$200 and got a new floor, walls, and commode. The before and after photos are shocking I think.
This week the new electrical will be hooked up and the wall sconces will be hooked up and we can use a light switch to turn on the bathroom light - the
first time since owning the house! Steve also tackled the rest of the cleaning this week and cleaned out the front bedroom closet. There are no words to describe the filth - just numbers of hot water buckets needed to get the stuff off. he also went into the attic and disconnected the disused wall sconce wiring on either side of the dinning room built in. When we removed it, we found two set of LIVE wires stuffed in the wall that needed to be dealt with prior to reinstalling the trim. While up there, he brought down more rat infested storage items and two more decomposed bodies - along with the decon box. It has been over a week now and we have a trap set with peanut butter and the peanut butter is still there, and the trap is not sprung, AND no smell. Lets hope we are done with those little buggers!
Painting has also begun in our bedroom, and I just Love the pale yellow we choose - it really brightens up the room and looks way better than the nasty Navajo White that was there before. I have had that color in so many places I have lived and find it dingy and dreary looking - it hides dirt because it looks like it. After the floors went into the bath, I changed my mind on the wall color and instead of Yellow above the wainscoting, We picked a very pale sky blue. It will look good with our existing peach and turquoise blue towels and bath rug. We have made such great progress this last week and if all goes well, the painting will be done by the end of the week and the carpet can be put in - Then we can start moving stuff in, although this week I am going to start on the kitchen since the cupboards are clean and the rats and roaches have been evicted.