OK, so there was a little water damage after all

After looking at the kitchen the next day, we found that there was some damage from the pipes freezing. One of the cabinets has some noticeable damage, and the ceiling in the laundry room has a little bit of water damage, too. But, things could have been so much worse. The water somehow leaked into the cabinet without ruining any of the cook books on the upper shelf and then collected into the casserole dishes stored on the lower shelf:


The rest of the water ran down the wall below the cabinet. We just set out some bowls to collect the rest of the water, turned on a fan, and let it finish drying out.


In happier news, the windows and door were installed. They're not completely finished yet; there's still some molding or framing or something else to do before we can tackle that last wall in the bedroom.


One small setback - the glass was cracked in one of the windows when it was delivered. And that's why there's blue tape all over the window. There's also a new window on the third floor in our old bedroom.


And the new door:


And just for comparison's sake, here's what the old door looked like:


I guess the new door is an improvement. I kind of liked the crappy stained glass and bad paint job (which seemed to be the theme throughout the house). And the duct tape was a nice touch. Honestly, how lazy do you have to be that you can't even bother to try to keep paint off of the glass? IT'S NOT THAT HARD. If you're going to the trouble of painting the windows in the first place, then at least try to be careful. There's this stuff called painter's tape. It works, and it's inexpensive. Use it. I don't expect things to be perfect, especially in a house like ours where it's so old that perfection is just out of the question for a lot of things. But don't just slap some paint on and then leave it all over the glass. I guess it's fortunate that most of these doors and windows are getting replaced anyway, because that's one less thing to give me an aneurysm.