What a month can do {Restoring the Lefere Mansion}

With the help of some awesome friends and family.... we've been making progress on restoring the "Lefere Mansion".  I haven't been without my doubts about buying this place on an online auction but I know it'll be worth it soon (someone give me a definition of soon)!  

Here's are a few photos to show you how far we've come.  Enjoy from a far or feel free to roll up your sleeves and join us for an hour or two. :)

About a month ago, this is what you saw outside:

Yay for an almost-finished metal roof on the garage!

And Tobin's room had a boat load of wallpaper and beautiful carpet a little over a month ago....

But with hours and hours of steaming wallpaper and renting a sander and staining and varnishing and painting.....

Oh this kitchen is going to be feeling so naked without all it's covering!

I guess I haven't taken a more updated photo of this area, but here's what was happening a couple of weeks ago:

I was told this was Mrs. Lefere's "doggy bathroom".  Cuz it just wouldn't be right to let people use a bathroom that had a toilet the puppy loved to drink from! :)

If you have anger issues, this is a good place to take some of that out!
Bye, bye, Doggy Bathroom.

And that, foks, is what can happen in a month.  Stay tuned - Hubby is putting in long hours, God bless his "DIY-hating" soul!  I owe him mac and cheese with hotdogs for the rest of his life.  Gag. :)