Welcome.

Come on in.



That's the living room, as seen before move-in, in April, and the previous homeowner's stuff therein.





Really, it looks pretty good, at least from here.

Some of it, though, is "interesting."































There's certainly a lot of work to do. Overall, the place was kept pretty much original inside. In most cases, this is good, but it also means there are century-old pipes, century-old wires, and what have you. Around 1950, there was a major "renovation," in which exterior siding was replaced, the kitchen was redone, et cetera.

The strange dark picture above is from a part of the house labeled "the ham shack" when we arrived. There is also the curious corner of the house that goes by "the toilet room."

Depending upon how off-guard you've taken us today, you'll find quite the array of tools strewn about. I think we know what most of them do.

This is new to me.

Yours truly remembers the claw hammer at his house growing up. And the adjustable wrench, and screw drivers. The phillips mostly drove screws; the flathead mostly opened cans of paint.

After almost a year in the Ryan house, we've learned to use a whole lot more of them.

Where to begin?