This and That

We left the farmhouse this weekend feeling pretty good about all that we accomplished. Here is a run down of our progress this week: 

We weeded the front garden bed and added some new rocks to better define it as a garden. 

Cory added some new down spouts to all the drain pipes.

 With a munchkin down for a nap we hauled some boulders from the riverside up to the front yard to make a fire pit.

We've decided to tackle two of the four bedrooms first. We took down the blinds, pulled up the carpet and started to peal away at the layers of wall paper. The wall paper is going to be quite a chore to get down. We were pleasantly surprised that they had only painted the the parameter of the original hardwood floors...

Just a reminder here is what the room looked like with the blinds, and carpeting...

We also pulled the wall paper down in the room where our daughter sleeps. It was a little frightening to find what was underneath the first layer. Our best guess is that there is an additional 3 layers of wall paper that still remain in this room...

Here is what the room looked like before-

We have some friends living under the shed in the back. We think they are Nutria and seem pretty harmless...

It had been two weeks since we had been out to the house and we were thrilled to see that Spring had decided to appear..

from our property looking across the river