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Every time we think we’ve found our next big project, it’s either not really a convenient time (like tearing down a bathroom with a tiny baby in the house), or we think “Well if we’re going to do that project, then we might as well do this one, and that one, and that one over there too.” And then there are those that just sit there for no good reason.Eek.. Well earlier this Spring, I started really getting the itch to make this living room not make me shudder.
So I’ve been slowly tackling it in 10 minute increments when I can get Jack to be happy enough in the Jolly Jumper for a little bit.It took a long time, but it got the job done!Here’s how the room used to look..
This was just a little while after we moved in three years ago.It doesn’t look too too terrible in this picture, but that’s because I was trying to not make it look too too terrible.
The walls were marked up, and half-patched, and the floor was pulled up a bit so we could see the hardwood underneath.
, I wasn’t really ready to paint the walls yet, but I wanted to paint a little, so I did these boxes of color, which kind of gave the feeling of molding on the walls.Cooking smells, pet smells, people smells, garbage, leaky roofs, all building up over 114 years… and yeah.
Luckily a good primer before painting, and good basic renovations do help a lot.. Sloping Floors and General Non-Levelness.I don’t think “level” was really a thing back when this house was built.
They built the outside walls out of brick first and then filled in the inside walls after.Of course, over time everything settles and there are definitely noticeable slopes in the floors in some of the rooms, but you just have to go with it.