At least it wasn't the Ace

When you purchase an old house, especially an estate, you inherit quite alot of other stuff. Things you might not have thought you would be getting, things accumulated by the previous owner over many long years.

In our house we found the following:

• walk behind lawn mower which may or may not work
• electric hedge trimmers
• miniature windmill and hand harrow
  
• a deathtrap (aka metal swingset)
• trashcan
  
• 4 brooms
• cobweb mop
• regular mop
• upholstery hand vac
• dustbuster
• carpet push sweeper
• cabinet full of cleaning supplies, including a carton of tri-sodium phosphate, which by the way we were warned to be careful with because it contained... tri-sodium phosphate.
• A very old iron, which was found behind the dishwasher. Yes, behind the dishwasher.
• pinking attachment for a sewing machine
• a scythe. Yes, a rusty old hand-held scythe. I'll have the best ever "death" costume next halloween.
• the selling agents brochure and card holder
• and the Jack of Spades, behind a baseboard

Then you find things that you really just can't believe. When I first found this I thought it was rather amusing, but the more I think about it the more it really makes me sad. In a void in the basement cieling I found 8 empty bottles of McCormick Vodka and 1 lonely bottle of Peppermint schnapps.



Now back to your regularly scheduled home improvement blog. The framing for the new door position in the kitchen wall is complete.


The electrical in the kitchen is also about half done. I located 4 new outlets, and after Rachel reminded me, installed a switch for the garbage disposal. Still to do is add a switch for the cieling fixture (because of course there is not one) and run some lines for under-cabinet lighting and the range hood.

Rachel will be posting an update on what she's been up to soon. We've both been very busy this week!