Restoring the House on Gratiot

I purchased a house 1 year ago.  We knew it was a fixerupper but we are up to the challenge (or so my wife told me).  I have never done this type of stuff before.  My grandfather taught me how to paint but that is about it.  It is a good thing he taught me how to paint becuase after being in this house for a while it started to become very obvious that the previous owners had painted latex over oil on almost ever surface.  Anyone that knows anything about paint (or oil and water) knows that they don’t mix.  Almost every painted surface in the house is flaking and falling off.  And this us just the beginning!  The house is starting to remind me of the movie “The Money Pit”!  This is what this blog will be all about.  Our experiences as we restore this once beautiful house and my learning to do construction in the process.  I have had lots of hours watching Home and Garden TV and the DYI Network so now it’s time to put this knowledge to work.