Putting out Repair Fires Today

This is what it looked like December 1, the morning after the fire. It's worse now, since all the plaster and lath in the entry, stairs, and landing have been pulled down. The hardwood floors throughout are gone too: couldn't fix them, the contractor said.

Today we've got to go make some decisions about where we go since we're parting company with the contractor, the second one that took on the repairs: they've botched things up royally. No longer post today: got to put out some figurative fires.