After: The back patio

Before: Miss Havisham's South Philly enclave

After: Our bedroom-minus many layers of wall paper, one drop ceiling, a few layers of linoleum and carpet, and prison-like bars of the windows.

Before:

After: the blue bathroom

Before: that bunny on the back of the blue toilet was a cotton ball dispenser. To use: simply yank off the bunnies charming cotton-ball tail and another will appear in its place.


The mysterious shallow, locked closet in the guest room that Jill decided should be used for arty displays. Any guesses on its intended purpose? Guns? Trophies?


The vestibule-you'll notice that we kept the cherubic switch plate cover after a fixing the cracks and adding a coat of paint.