Living Room - Original

You thought I was going to tease you forever with the promise of pictures, but here, finally, are some images of the living room as it was when we found it. Fortunately for you, we can't make these scratch-n-sniff.

As you can see, the living room has a great fireplace and vaulted ceilings with exposed beams. I love the beams, but am not so crazy about the decorative tiles on the fireplace. You can't tell from these pictures, but it looks like someone has drawn trees on the tiles with a Sharpie. Fail one for etch art.

There are also two large windows at ground level and a smaller one up top. These let in plenty of light, though one of the ground-level windows may end up going during the renovation.

The room has a beautiful wood staircase. Unfortunately, that probably has to go too, as it is dangerous as is. Sam's grandmother came by to check out the house and tried to argue for keeping the staircase. I agree that we should try to keep a similar look for the new staircase, but am not a huge fan of falling through wobbly planks. For some reason, the previous occupants had a long, wooden plank nailed into the banister. No one can really figure out why.

The living room had a mix of grey carpet (original color unknown) and slate tile. We've since ripped all of this out, with much improvement to the aroma. Underneath we found wood floors, but there are a couple of areas that were patched really poorly, so we don't think we'll be able to keep them. We're trying to decide if we want to put in wood or tile floors instead.