House updates

The house has been repainted. Gone is the blue-green hueso reminiscent of stagnant water, cheese mold, and other such images. Instead the house now sports a sunny yellow glow. It's a substantial improvement and comes just as the tulips we planted last year are starting to bloom.

Inside we've gutted the living room. The 70's era paneling just had to go. In the process we discovered two lighting sconces above the fireplace as well as the outline of a long since removed built-in cabinet. In what era did it seem like a good idea to tear out built-ins???

Fortunately, out neighbors have the exact same fireplace so I'm planning to reverse engineer the design and recreate the built-ins.