Deep Clean

This past weekend, Pol's mom graciously came to stay with Liam so that Pol and I could......

clean out the basement!

I know.. you probably thought I was going to say something fun there, like take a trip, but no, we had a weekend of pure cleaning. For those who have never ventured to the bottomless pit that is our black hole.. it is huge, and filled to the tipping point with CRAP. The weekend was dedicated to ridding ourselves of that crap. While Pol ripped out the old kitchen (I guess it was a second living space back in the day), I went through every box. I also ripped up the scary green carpet. It's still not perfectly clean, but it is MUCH better! After numerous hauls to the dump and with a garage sale this weekend we will be looking good! Liam might be allowed down there one day - though since I have told him a big scary monster lives down there he might not go.

OH, and I got to swing a sledgehammer for the first time, I missed my target the first few times, but then I finally ripped something apart. Did you know sledgehammers are really heavy! AND, walking from the basement to the loft.. is tiring. very tiring. my body hurts. a lot. perhaps I should do more physical activity every now and then!

Here are some pics.. they don't really do it justice because I didn't start taking pics until we had already cleared some stuff out.

Room 1:
Before (p.s., I had already cleaned out numerous items, before you could barely see the green carpet):


After:

Lots of the stuff on the right side will be hitting the garage sale or goodwill!


Room 2
Before:


After (this will get a little more clean once Pol puts the 3rd room back in working order and builds some shelves!):


Room 3:
There used to be cabinets here:


There used to be a wall here... but then the sledgehammer came.


He's so strong. (and no, he didn't actually sledgehammer the oven, though he wanted to)


Liam had a lot of fun with his grandma.. read a LOT of books. I think she wore him out.


For more details on the rodents we also discovered... go to:
polbuckingham.blogspot.com