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okay, so here's what's happening.

exciting things!

professional people came and painted the back hallway, back room, and back half bathroom!

you have never seen pictures of these rooms before because they were horror film worthy.
i think originally it was the stable, (no shit) which was then connected to the kitchen at some point in the 50's.

we never ever use the back room and it kind of became a catch all for things i didn't want in my way in the kitchen... like snow boots, weird canned goods and assorted sodas mumpeg gave me, red solo cups, dog food, etc.  i was kind of okay with pretending that room just wasn't there, but the one problem is that the half bath that is off of that room is the only bathroom on the entire first floor.  so when people come over, they almost always end up wandering back there to pee. 

i know all of you who have ever peed in the back bathroom were scared for your lives and thought something was literally going to catch you with your pants down.  the large rat holes chewed in the plaster walls probably just confirmed your fear.  thank you for hiding your looks of horror and being polite.

we decided since we were  going to try and tackle the kitchen (more on that later) that we should try and tackle the back rooms at the same time.  get it all done in one shot, and then have a bathroom that people could use outside of a game of truth or dare.  so some awesome dudes came over to paint for us.

of course these awesome dudes were in for no easy job.  turns out the crumbling walls were covered in oil based lead paint and alabaster... an old white wash they used in the 30's that was cheaper than paint.  alabaster apparently sucks all of the moisture out of regular paint and causes it to immediately crumble off the wall.  perfect!  so they had to scrape everything off, then paint everything with oil based primer, patch the walls with some kind of plaster, and then paint it with regular paint.  it was a process.  a smelly, dusty process.

we are still in the middle of this renovation, so i can't post complete before and afters yet, but here is a sneak peek of the back room.

"before."
it's okay. you can come out from under the bed now.

"during."
i can't wait to show you more! stay tuned!