Some ridiculous previous owners of the house put fiber board on the wall. Then contact paper with ugly roses. Then they painted over that. Then they wallpapered over that. Oh, and all the corners aren't actually connected (they have big gaps) and now have to be fixed. Here's some nice work (hard to tell but those are the painted over roses in the corner there):
Other times, though, maybe you find stuff that can put a little cash in your pocket. For example, this lovely display of dishes that were on the top of the molding of all the rooms downstairs. if you can't tell, they are scenes of Philadelphia. We have the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, a bicentenial picture and a few others. Any takers? I'll give you a good deal.
Oh, and by the way! I was watching a little HGTV tonight (while packing the apartment which is quickly becoming full of boxes) and I noticed, for the first time, how CLEAN everything is in the homes that are being renovated. There's not a speck of drywall dust, there are no tiny little wallpaper pieces all over the floor, there's no mud splotched anywhere, and there are no soda or water bottles strewn around the house from the contractor crew. Just so you know--totally and completely unrealistic and untrue! It's a mess. I struggle to find a clean spot in the house to put my bag down when I walk in the door. I keep moving things around to try to keep them from the layers of flying around but to no avail. . . just so you know.
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