So, what has been accomplished in our first 3 weeks you may wonder? I mean at this time last house we had painted every room, every ceiling, every baseboard, we had moved and unpacked, we had ordered furniture ...... we even (to the best of my memory) already had a housewarming party! Well, we have done basically none of that - aside from moving in boxes and organizing them in the centre of the rooms ....... nothing!
Here is what we have done and/or the excuses as to why we haven't done things!
1) The Shower; We tore out the downstairs bathroom shower... and partially put in the new one. Why? because the old one was SO gross that the old owners wore shower sandals in their own shower - it was so bad we couldn't move in before it went out ..... so with much work from Ty and his Dad Gord, we got the shower out and brought in a new one. The new one is in place, all plumbing hooked up and ready to work - we just need to get a little drywall and caulking work done and then it will be ready for business!
2) Moving; So, the last time we moved we were coming from a small apartment into a 4 bedroom house - this time we were coming from a 4 bedroom house to another monster house - we had WAY more stuff! So it was scattered between storage, the farm and the cottage - in MANY boxes! So the cottage stuff was moved on the Thursday after we got the house, the movers returned our large stuff from storage on the Friday and we rented a cargo van to get the stuff from the farm the Saturday ..... this was an insane amount of lifting and climbing up and down stairs - but it is amazing how much a Kia can fit when packed right!
3) Unpacking; Has not happened basically .... and why? Well, this house has knob and tube wiring - and insurance does not like that, so it has to be removed, but getting an electrician in has been a job, so they come in August 24th - almost a month after we got the place ...... and until they are done with making a few holes in the walls and ceilings, there is no point in unpacking ..... which is why the boxes were all organized in the middle of the rooms as well. The one exception to this is the kitchen, we have unpacked it! ..... and you can ignore the boxes and bookshelves at the "eat-in" area of the kitchen.
4) Electrician; This was a job on it's own - Ty contacted 3 companies, set up times for them to come in, collected quotes, bartered with the company we wanted, than I had to barter with the company we wanted and now they are coming in a week from today to start the work.... apparently it may take a full week!
5) Kitchen; So before we unpacked the kitchen we had to paint the inside of the cabinets! There was some stuff in there that I would never let my plates or glasses touch - it was bad, so I vacuumed it, cleaned it, used fresh start and paint - and now I feel I can let me plates and glasses touch it! That was a work!
6) Front Closet; I have never met a front closet where I looked at it and said "I wouldn't hang my jackets in there" ... until now! I had to clean it top to bottom (took 5 buckets of water - and this isn't a walk in front closet), I fresh started it and Jan painted it ....... there was mould on the baseboards that came off, it was bad..... but now it is done and my jackets have a happy, clean home!
7) Wallpaper; Welcome to my new h-e-double hockey stick! Quite honestly, when I was removing the wallpaper in the front entrance way I thought people that complained about removing wallpaper were whiners.... it wasn't the most fun I have ever had BUT it wasn't awful! Until I got to the dining room! The dining room had paintable, textured wallpaper - from 1978 I came to find out! It took days .... under my fingernails bled because the paper was SO brittle that you couldn't even use a steamer to get it off ..... it would not penetrate it! I had bandages on 3 fingers on my right hand and it was awful! So right now I have those two rooms done - out of the entire house - and yes, EVERY room has some sort of wallpaper or wallpaper border - some have both actually!
8) Outside; Ty has started cutting down some "trees" and Odus has been running through the flower patches and taking them down, but the lawn still hasn't been mowed and we still haven't tried to tackle the 7 foot weed in the back back yard!
9) On a whim we bought new kitchen cabinets! So they sit in storage (aka the farm) for another few months until we decide to buy counter tops! They were on sale, solid wood, we saved more than we spent and they are gorgeous! So we scooped them up and moved them!
I am sure we've done a few more things, but those are the main things - and imagine, it has taken 3 weeks! WOW! This house is such a HUGE project is gets overwhelming when you look at it as a whole, but if you look at it room by room and project by project, it is SUPER exciting, it will be BEAUTIFUL!!!
xo,
S
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