A little remodel

The Mister and I have embarked on a long overdue remodeling of our money-pit we lovingly call “home”.

I inherited this little beauty two years ago when I said, “I do” with the Mister and have been in denial ever since. I love my husband like crazy and within him, I have much pride….but his color choices, decorating style, and general home upkeep equate that of a college frat house.

I don’t know….maybe I thought that if I wished magic home repairing elves into existence, that one day I could wake up to a nicely refurbished home with little thought or effort on my part. Those little bastards never materialized.

Maybe….just maybe…I believe that men are born with some kind of genetic code that drives them to home repair and that the Mister would spring from bed one Saturday morning with his tool belt already in place and “wow” my inner chick.

Maybe…just maybe….I thought that nagging the paint off of the walls would guilt him into action just to get me to shut up.

Maybe…just maybe…I have no earthly clue on how men really work and should go take a class in Men 101.

What I ended up doing was starting the project myself, and I will assume that it was the sheer fear of me screwing something up that eventually drove him into action.

I will assume it is because I have no problem using a butter knife in place of a screwdriver or the frying pan as a hammer that makes him flinch.

Regardless, the ball has begun to roll. Amen. Halleluiah. Bless You. Gods Speed.

This past weekend we spent from sun up until sun down refinishing the wood floors in one of the kid’s rooms. Nasty, dirty and labor intensive little job that is, but the floors look remarkable.

We also spackled, sanded, primered and painted the ceiling and walls, put in a new ceiling fan, yanked out the windows to be washed and reset and will hang new closet and interior doors this weekend.

Needless to say, I can barely move today and my overall home looks like a bomb went off in every single room….but the satisfaction and excitement over finally getting it going is pay off enough.

Tomorrow I will post pictures of the new room. Unfortunately I was not smart enough to be the before shots, so they will likely not impress you.

MichChick