We finally finished the painting and most of the woodwork in the house; the only room we haven’t done anything with yet is our bedroom. That will be next but this week we get to play instead of work.
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It was so nice to take down the stupid shelving the former owners had scattered around the walls, above windows for the most part, which served no useful purpose other than collecting dust and annoying my sense of style. We had tons of holes in the walls to fix as the shelving was in hollow wall anchors instead of being screwed into studs; they couldn’t take any weight on the shelves themselves without detaching from the walls and dumping everything on the floor.
Then Dan took down the paddle fan in the living room and replaced it with a much brighter light which will be perfect for knitting. Both those changes make the ceilings seem higher and the rooms feel more spacious.
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I repainted the wood boards surrounding the rock where our pellet stove sits. I really like that color better than white; that looked like they primed it and forgot to paint it – more of their industrial loft concept in decor.
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Most of the woodwork is done, the hardest part anyway which was around all the doors. We had to stop doing that because we ran out of varnished boards. I still have ten of them left to varnish and I’ll take care of that this week.
Even with lights out, the rooms feel lighter.
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So yay! Finished with the bulk of renovations. Just one room to go and we can rest on our laurels.