Re: old house
You work like a dog, Bob! I think you should hire yourself out.
> > Oooooh! Bob, what an excellent job you did restoring your home. I love
it!
> > Did you find any treasures in it?
>
> Hi Denise
> I consider the whole house a treasure. We could never have been able to
> find a house like this in Iowa City. It had been in only one family for
> one hundred years and the two old women who lived here for the last 50
> years had never painted inside(or outside for that matter), just
> wallpapered so I stripped that out and took 85 gallons of varnish
> remover and did all the wood work plus the hardwood floors. I wore out
> two wallpaper steamers before I realized I could do the same thing with
> a garden hose and hot water.
> --
> Bye
> Bob Bob Axmear 208 2nd St Ne Waukon, Ia 52172
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