Are you a
home owner? If you are you
know that there seems to be
something to do always to
keep things looking nice. We
have found that as soon as
you start replacing some
things in the house you have
to keep going because the
new things make other pieces
look worn and old. It seems
to be an unending cycle. But
for us it beats the
alternative of renting. We
love the equity that we are
building up in our home.
We have done an extensive
amount of what I call face
lifting in the rooms of our
home. Our home is over a
hundred years old and has
had several stages of
remodeling through the
years. When we moved in the
cabinets in the kitchen area
as well as the woodwork were
stained a dark walnut color.
The kitchen and dining room
walls had wall paper on
them. Our upstairs loft room
had dark wallpaper on a
portion of the loft and the
same dark walnut stain on
the paneling in the other
part. Over the first year of
being in the house we
stripped the wallpaper,
painted the cabinets in the
kitchen as well as the
woodwork and wainscoting in
the dining area. We
re-painted the living room
walls and the guest rooms
and we then did the entire
loft, stripping the paper,
preparing and painting the
paneling and replacing the
dark carpets. The house
looked great and we were
tired of the entire process.
We did not have enough
energy to complete the
small bathroom remodeling.
This bathroom is located off
the kitchen and is the bath
that is used by guests. It
is the only room in the
house that still has
wallpaper and the old light
fixtures. It needs updating
but the thought of the small
bathroom remodeling is too
overwhelming for us to
begin.
We know that when we do
begin with the small
bathroom remodeling we
will need to remove the
existing vanity as well as
the lighting. Taking the
wall paper off is going to
be a challenge because in a
small test area I tried
peeling it back to see what
type of walls are in the
bath. The previous owner put
the wallpaper directly on
the sheetrock. This means
that we are going to have to
have a sheet rock person
come in and repair the
pieces that are going to
come off with the wallpaper.
We know this is going to
happen because that was our
experience in the dining
area. We know that we need
to get to this smallest room
in the house, we are just
trying to get up the energy
to do it.
