No, we’re not working on our house. Those nasty countertops in the kitchen will have to wait. As God as my witness, I will not buy another house with cheap, light-colored laminate countertops. You know what’s going to happen the next time we move, don’t you?
The MIL’s house is being spruced up so it can go on the market early next year. The metric tons of crap that have been taken to the dump is simply astounding. The metric tons of slightly nicer crap that has been donated to a church thrift store is equally astounding. That thrift store will not have to worry about inventory for months to come. They had a killer yard sale about a month ago and made a very tidy profit. All of their monies go to either paying the rent or helping their flock. It’s a wonderful thrift store in that respect. The better-half’s aunt helped get it set up.
Some of the things that need to be done to the house are way beyond either what we can do, feel like doing or have time to do. I’m more than glad that the better-half has a contractor working on most of the stuff. My sister’s friend is going to paint the interior. I believe they are starting the prep-work today. We have wallpaper out the wazoo to take down this weekend. Over Thanksgiving break we got most of the paper off in the bathrooms. It’s so nice to remove wallpaper that was put up correctly, unlike the nightmare we experienced in our first house. The walls were never really the same.
As we were going through one of the bedrooms last weekend (three piles: thrift store, trash, family), we realized that this is actually pretty exciting. We’re taking a house that mostly hasn’t been updated since it was built in the early 70s and bringing it to a state that will let someone see the fine bones of this house instead of the old lady it’s been for so many years.
It’s even smelling better. It’s already losing that old person, musty, never-open-a-window smell. That’s a good thing.
Wow!!! I am so excited that the house is going to be getting a face lift. It really does have good bones and someone will just snap it up once it is finished. Let me know if you need help!
We’re so tired. Stacey and crew are going to paint and we were supposed to get all of the wallpaper down. She’s going to laugh at how pathetic we were on that front. The stuff in the kitchen is on with super glue, I think. I gave up because I didn’t want to ruin the walls.
I can’t even tell you how much was packed into the dining room. We got the multiple sets of plates/china/dishes/whatever packed up and ended up running out of packing stuff so we hid stuff in the kitchen cabinets. I don’t know how one person accumulated so much stuff. Correction, so much ugly stuff.
You should see the garage. Oy vey.
At least the house has a new roof…they did that on Friday.