of the methods below!Happy Friday, everyone!.

Well, now it’s up to us to deal with all these things, but that’s what we set out to do, so we only have ourselves to thank for that, really!Old houses can build up quite the impressive smell.

Cooking smells, pet smells, people smells, garbage, leaky roofs, all building up over 114 years… and yeah.Luckily a good primer before painting, and good basic renovations do help a lot.. Sloping Floors and General Non-Levelness.I don’t think “level” was really a thing back when this house was built.

They built the outside walls out of brick first and then filled in the inside walls after.Of course, over time everything settles and there are definitely noticeable slopes in the floors in some of the rooms, but you just have to go with it.

Chris loves his level so this can be a challenge for him, but he’s learned some.

ways to work around all the weird angles.I’ve been trying a whole bunch of them out and I’ll be sharing some of the best ones I’ve used over the next little while..

The idea of using salt appealed to me because it’s so darn simple and so darn cheap too.And it really works!

Check out my front pathway.. Before:.I’m thoroughly embarrassed.