June 26th, 2006

What used to be our dishwasher. As it turns out, the drainage hose is connected to the garbage compactor...or some such thing. Connecting a new dishwasher will be tricky.



This Magic Chef range is "digital" -- it has numerical dials that tell you the time. That was the definition of "digital" in the 1960s.



Believe it or not, the appliances are lower than the floor. What's going on here?



This ancient sink will be replaced by an Ikea fixture.



The painful process of removing wallpaper. I'm not halfway done.



Removing the range revealed this home in the drywall. We'll need patching, or Herbert the Rat will move in.



We had hoped to remove the trash compact, but as you can see, this diagonal brace is holding up the entire countertop. So it will have to wait.



This massive tree, leaning toward the house, might be...uh...dead. In one or two days, a ground crew will arrive to fell it, we hope.