The keys are ours and we're all ready to move into our new home! (April 1989)

© Carolyn S. Murray 1989

Our house was built in 1928 and is considered a "western bungalow" because it has four bedrooms (three up and one down) and a formal, eat-in dining room, while most Parma bungalows have a couple of bedrooms down and one large room up -- and not much room in the dining area. (April 1989)

© Carolyn S. Murray 1989

Our house in the fall of 2005. Very little has changed from the outside: a new roof and those old shrubs are outta here! Carole's green thumb is obvious in the current shot. And notice there's still a Caddy in the driveway, however! ha! In 1989, it was our '75 Coupe de Ville and now it's our '98 Sedan de Ville. (October 2005)

© Carolyn S. Murray 2005

The summer of 2006 found us installling glass block windows in the basement. (July 2006)

© Carolyn S. Murray 2006

And ..... ta da .... the finished product! (July 2006)

© Carolyn S. Murray 2006

Our livingroom -- the way it was. Brown carpeting, beige wallpaper and a white fireplace -- and kids sitting around eating. (April 1989)

© Carolyn S. Murray 1989

One of the first things to go was the white fireplace. We tried to remove all the old paint -- which was impossible. So Larry spent a weekend meticulously painting each brick back to it's original color -- and even painting the mortar between them grey! (May 1989)

© Carolyn S. Murray 1989

And then it came time to strip all that beige wallpaper off the walls. (March 1990)

© Carolyn S. Murray 1990

Child labor laws? What child labor laws? ha! Around here everyone pitches in. (March 1990)

© Carolyn S. Murray 1990

We were so tired of seeing all the beige and brown in the house that we painted everything white! (March 1990)

© Carolyn S. Murray 1990