Yesterday we got the idea to start repainting the faded horrendous pink trim work in our dining room. Our quick repainting project evolved into full blown demolition. We have torn out all of the window frames, the mantle, crown molding, and will be tearing out the baseboards and door frame this week. We are going to refinish all the original woodwork and likely add some finish trim in places as needed as well. The original plaster is in poor condition in places and we are going to have 1/4" drywall put up over the plaster at the end of the month. Hope to have the trim sanded and painted by then. More pics to come as we progress.
The second photo is of the items we found under the mantle after tearing it out...it includes Belgium stamps from 1918 time frame (post marked), a fishing hook, and two negative photos. They are in bad condition but we can see one is of two people standing in front of our house, the other is of a young boy. We may try and do more with the negatives. We like to think the stamps are from someone away during WWI and somehow ended up in this house later, but we will never know...
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