Undiscovered Layers

As scheduled, the power company cut the gas line at the curb yesterday. That clears one hurdle to demolition. And just as soon as that was addressed, the city raised one final concern: the protective fencing around the trees needs to be chain link, rather than the orange plastic. Sigh. That will come later this week.

While we're waiting, it's an opportunity to share a discovery from the 'pre-demo' work. When we bought the house, several rooms had, well, very dated wallpaper. Some of our early redecorating was spent removing that wallpaper in the dining room, kitchen, and master bath.

As cabinetry got removed, we discovered two even earlier wallpaper layers. One with a white, floral-y/snowflake-y pattern in the hall bath. The other was in the kitchen, with a Pennsylvania Dutch pattern.



Ummm. We won't be repeating either of these in the rebuild.