Check out our renovation project plan here. Can you believe it has only been three weeks since we closed on the house? It feels like forever! Today we went over to the house to get it ready for painting this week. We've hired out the painting since we are painting everything from the trim to the ceiling. Our doors and trim were painted with oil based paint, unfortunately. We discussed ...

The good news. This will probably be my last post where I discuss wallpaper, ever. After spending about 90+ hours working on wallpapered walls we have decided to hire out the rest of the job. It is delaying the rest of the project and we really would like to get settled some time before Cora gets married. The price to fix all the wallpapered walls and get them ready for painting is about ...

Something awesome happened yesterday! These two crazy kids moved to Florida! Unlike her parents they found a cute apartment that is ready to move in tomorrow. No remodeling for them, they are going to be sleeping in their own bed tomorrow night! I raised a smart one for sure. :-) I'm also excited that their apartment is right around the corner from our house. We timed it this afternoon ...

Today we continued to sand the wallpaper walls. The orbital sander is working well, except that the entire house is now covered in sanding dust. Tomorrow I'm going to decide if we continue to sand or go back to scraping. Both have their advantages and disadvantages, but we are running short on time so the walls need to get finished one way or another. We are hoping to start painting on ...

From The Happy Husband... We took a short day today because Toni's sister flew in for a short visit. We cleaned up a bit and removed some redundant wiring. The kids swept and used the shop vac to get the leftover thinset and black goo. Toni's dad brought out an orbital sander for the walls. It cut through the glue and left a smooth surface for painting. Well see if it looks good enough for the ...

From The Happy Husband... Today was got a lot done. The tile guy came to finish and did a great job. We have practically filled the 20 yard dumpster so... ...I was thankful that he loaded the tiles, thinset, and unidentified black goop in his own trailer. I took down the sliding glass door between the family room and what will become Toni's office with no broken glass! I did tear ...