Today. Oh, today. I don't even know where to begin. Today was crazy. This morning Ugly House was a house. By noon it was a dusty hazard zone. Literally. We had a 4 man crew and 3 of us shed blood. I stepped on a board with two nails in it. One shot through the… Continue reading Day 3: Demolition! And more wallpaper removal…
Author: Heather Bales
Full-time mom and wife. Part-time interior decorating obsessor with a love-hate relationship with curtains.
Day 2: Wallpaper removal, demo & landscaping
So I didn't meet my goal of completing all the wallpaper removal, but did finish Conleigh's room with the help of Trent. I will tackle the bathroom and the two rooms with borders today while Trent is busy ripping walls down. When Trent got home from work he began demoing the panelling in our utility… Continue reading Day 2: Wallpaper removal, demo & landscaping
Day 1: Wallpaper removal.
Never put wallpaper in your home. I repeat, NEVER. That stuff is terrible. I curse the day that the previous owner thought those small flowers and metallic whatever's would enhance the space. It didn't. It just made for a really long, messy day of work for me. But hey, I guess that's what we signed… Continue reading Day 1: Wallpaper removal.
Officially official!
We closed on our ugly house today! This has been in the works for what seems like forever so we are excited to call it ours! Though we probably should have started on the dirty work the moment we closed, we decided to cheers to our new adventure and enjoy the pool with family! On… Continue reading Officially official!
Getting closer to demo day!
Our pretty home is officially not ours anymore :(. The new buyers closed on our house last week and they are now our landlords for a few weeks. Though it feels strange to be a "renter" in the home that we have spent so much time perfecting over the last 4 years, it is working out to be a… Continue reading Getting closer to demo day!
Out with the old and in with the new! Or vice versa…
As some of you already know, Trent and I sold our beautiful home and purchased what we like to think of as a diamond in the rough. This has been a bittersweet transaction since we loved our old (new) home but are very excited about our new (old) home. Confusing, right?! We decided to make… Continue reading Out with the old and in with the new! Or vice versa…
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