We made an appointment to get our house measured by a Lowe’s floor
installer today, picked out a laminate floor and carpet, and chose some
paint colors for the living and dining rooms. We felt like we were
making progress and that maybe we could make our deadline of the end
of the month for remodeling and moving in.
We think this laminate floor and carpet will work.
Then we started painting, and things started bending, and things started
falling off.
Nice floor patch job. Notice the huge gaps by the former baseboards too. Why are they concave?Originally, I thought this crown moulding was decorative, albeit sloppy. It is actually hiding the fact that the paneling does not touch the other wall.This hole into the chimney (?) was literally stuffed with toilet paper. Also, somehow the paneling is squeezed behind the chimney.
Finally, I suggested we just rip the crappy fake paneling off because it
felt like we were – pardon the Palin – putting lipstick on a pig if we
were to paint over some shoddy work.
Before we made a regrettable decisionAfter our regrettable decision. There is a mix of creepy wallpaper, actual wood, and plaster.I don’t think I want to power any devices with this outlet.What is this ancient outlet for? The switchplate was painted over, but we have no idea what this is.
Having made a giant mess of the living room, we went ahead and tried to
shoot moon:
Dining room before destruction. (We had started painting the paneling.)Dining room after destruction
We have now made a giant mess.
Dining room to family room: Pure MessFamily room to dining room: More Mess
I feel like we’ve ripped a cuticle in trying to trim our nails, and now
we’ve lost the entire fingernail.
