After getting married I expected to give up a few things here and there. I'm not fully neutered yet, but it won't long before the men in white coats show up with the tin snips. I have however, learned that when my wife has a project in mind, it's best just to go along with it. Its safer that way.
We decided to host Thanksgiving this year as we wanted the opportunity to let our families see the new house. There's just one problem: wallpaper, lots and lots of wallpaper. The previous owners had wallpaper on the brain. I think whoever wallpapered our house needed something to do, because they even wallpapered the grates. Not just in any old way, but they actually took the time to line up the patterns perfectly and cut little strips and glue them to each fan on the grates.
It's all flower wallpaper from the 80's too. My wife's mom loves the wallpaper. I told her she can have it when we are done ripping it off the wall if she really likes it. I am probably going to put a peice in a box for her and give it to her as a gag christmas gift.
I have to say, despite being up all night till 4 am, our bedroom and the downstairs bathroom are looking sweet. Our bedroom is now a Tuscany style and the downstair bathroom is tiled modern contemporary. Tile and crown moulding are a bitch to install. Not really hard, it just takes a LOT of time to try and make all the pieces fit perfectly. I had some good news in that I got to play with power tools for like 8 hours a day. We ended up buying a wet tile saw cause it was $50 to rent, or $90 to buy.
Home improvements are fun and I'm glad my wife is a slave driver cause my lazy ass needs motivation. :) I've got the home improvement bug we just have to break for a few months to save some more money, what with the holidays approaching. We just finished the bathroom project and the house looks like a bomb went off. *sigh* Time to clean up the mess.
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