Plus, we had a lot of trim and it was all incredibly dirty and in need of much cleaning, sanding, and nail removal. This means I have been making lists of wall/door dimensions and taking stock of all our trim to see how I can re-use everything we have as efficiently as possible. Problem is, the areas where the old trim was removed no longer exist as they were. It seems like this would be as simple as just putting it back where it came from and tapping in a few nails. We did manage to clean up and paint those grates, the backyard looks just a tiny bit more respectable today, and (believe it or not) I have actually been working pretty diligently on re-installing the old trim. The past few months haven’t been a complete zero. Stage 5 (Annoyance) – “Why can’t I find anything? Why are all these boxes still in my way? Why are all our walls still white… and empty?!” Stage 4 (Complacency) – “We have lived with the house like this for months now, what’s the rush to get anything else done? This is how everyone lives, right? Right!?” I’ll just put this large cork board in my doorway to create the illusion of privacy.” What’s the big deal? See, who really needs doors on bedrooms and bathrooms anyway?” “I don’t.” Stage 2 (Defiance) – “We could totally live like this forever. Stage 1 (Excitement) – “We did it! And isn’t it kind of fun living with all this dirt? It’s an adventure! It’s like camping!” The good news is that Amy and I have now passed through the six official stages of moving into a partially renovated house! Our stairs still look like this, which prompts Lucy to occasionally ask, “Daddy, when are we going to clean our stairs?” None of our grates had been re-installed because we were waiting to sand blast and paint them. None of the window casing has been added to the new upstairs windows. The back porch remains a scrap and lumber yard. Many areas were still missing trim, leaving us with exposed crumbling plaster…Įdit from Amy: Where all the tiny toys go to be forgotten.Īll of our soon-to-be fancy custom sconce lighting still looks like this. These “temporary” bulbs will never get old. Such as…Įdit from Amy: It’s cool, I’m still excited to have working electricity. Not only has the unpacking been slow or non-existent, but many rehab issues have gone neglected. In fact, see that sign on the wall that indicates it’s a living room? Yep, still there… as if to remind us in case we forgot that it’s not supposed to be a storage room. The land mine piles of little lego pieces are wearing thin on my feet.Įdit from Amy: At least the wrapping paper is easy at hand. Many of our rooms still look like this: Yep, pretty much still looks just like thisĮdit from Amy: Actually, it looks worse in there. We have not had time to even unpack, let alone do much to continue the renovation project. Well, let me give you the reality photo tour. …made it seem like we were just a couple coats of paint away from being ready for a home tour. On the postive side you should know that having the laundry upstairs has changed my life forever. Pictures like this…Įdit from Amy: I see hanging cable for non existent fixtures and a desperate and serious need for Killz primer. It’s only natural for us to want to only show the nice stuff that makes it look like all our hard work paid off. Remember all those pictures I took after we moved-in? They were all warm, bright, glowy, and made it look we would soon be living in a Pinterest house, right? Well, much like the rest of the human race, we are sometimes selective about what we display on social media. I will spare you the whole “we were so busy… yada, yada, yada” spiel and just get right back to where we left off… A year ago our intention was to try to be done with the rehab project during the summer so that we would have ample time to to unpack and continue to make the house inhabitable before school started (Amy and I are both teachers, remember?). We never intended for the move-in to be the end of the blog, but I’m sure it must seem like that considering how long it has been since the last post.
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