So, we have been at the current digs just over 3 months now and have made some major and expensive changes in systems (new electrical and - as of today - new natural gas boiler!) but I must say, I am feeling slightly disappointed in the cosmetic progress..... I promised that I would not use this blog to whine, so I will make this sound as thought provoking as possible. Bear with me.....
So, when we took over the house we were waiting for the electrical to be completed, and since the electrician couldn't tell us how much damage the work would do to the walls and ceilings, we didn't want to paint or prepare the walls in case it was for not. The electricians started their work almost a month after we moved in and took a week to do the work. To their credit, there was minimal damage to ANYTHING and they did have to deal with some odd situations - so I would recommend them to anyone! So that took us until September before we wanted to touch the wall. Then Ty had to fix the walls before I could paint - sounds funny because the electricians didn't damage them, but the previous owners had - there were holes everywhere from pictures, the crown had separated from the wall and hadn't been repaired, and (because I had already removed the wallpaper in some rooms) we found major cracks that they chose to wallpaper over rather than fix. So after he mud and sanded and did that some more, it was finally time to ..... paint ceilings - BLAH! BLAH! BLAH! So, I painted 3 massive textured ceilings and crown, and then it was time to paint. I finished the Foyer and Living Room and then had to paint the remainder of the trim (UUUgggghhhh, trim painting - just as bad as ceiling painting - but equally as necessary!) ...... so then I wanted Ty to get the main upper moulding up in the Dining Room done - we are installing wainscoting to the walls in there and as I had painted the ceiling already, I wanted to get the room painted - it is like my reward for painting the ceiling! but he was off working on the cottage - so I went ahead and painted the upper section myself - so hopefully the moulding all works out ..... but now I have a painted upper only dining room .... AND, since Ty saw that I could do that without him having put up the moulding, he feels there is no hurry to do it - drats, I have foiled myself!
So, over the weekend I moved on - I went upstairs and stripped wallpaper in the office and got that job done - I am down to one room remaining with wallpaper - which is quite impressive in this house - and I am saving the best for last - the remaining room (guest room) actually has wallpaper WITH a wallpaper duck border - and although I would love nothing more than owning a house without a "duck room" - it seems impossible AND sad!
So now, I sit at a crossroads - I can either strip wallpaper in the guest room to compete my unenviable task of de-flowering this house OR I can paint trim, in the Dining Room - which isn't getting finished ...... and IF I get both of these jobs done, it would appear I have put maybe back into a corner and will be left with painting ceilings in the newly un-wallpapered rooms ..... really, there is no winner in this situation ...... only me - who still has a hospital bed in my attic, packed boxes throughout the house and a half painted dining room.
xo,
S
