Sitting with a Stiff Drink in my Main Room

Oh guys.

Been documenting this rennovation day by day, animated gifs even, but when it comes to publishing it’s just like…

Neighbour: hold the drywall here Keri
Me: hang on, have to go blog

Imagine? “Hang on guy without Facebook, have to go talk about constructing instead of constructing, even though you’re helping me more than a normal neighbour, and my lack of effort affects the job’s progress and subsequent trades…”

But fast and great progress is being made.

But I’ve said before, this stuff takes wreaks havoc on my mind, a massive mental exercise because you know how I like stuff organized and clean.

Been working from my car, the only place in life that’s dust-free. Drywall dust is so fine eh… every wall, screen and crack will have to be vacuumed and washed, head dropped heavy as typing that.

And I know me too, would prefer to post about cars, like how the Jaguar XJL rear lights wrap like this.

But for sure it’s all worth it.

Windows are installed and it’s 100% fresher in here, and the pot lights in the foyer are elegant.

Everything’s status quo at the paper, and you know I’m good for back-dating everything that happened, including demolition, a dedicated post about what craziness we found inside the walls, and now I’m a drywaller.

Soon sorry soon.

TTYS xo thanks for always checking in.

Do I ever need a new phone.

 

 

Massively Unprepared for a Massive Renovation

Last time my main room will ever look like this.

Oh boy guys. Might have bit off more than I can chew.

I’m like a squatter with a mortgage again, back on an air mattress.

Usually I’m hyper-prepared, but not this project, and am not handling it great. My neighbours saw it in my frantic eyes Saturday, and like how I always say they’re the best, 5 showed up early yesterday morning to help me transfer all my belongs to a trailer.

Minimalist forever.

What is happening?

When I bought the house last July, only thing I put off was the electrical work, it was too huge an undertaking in both cost and time.

Then, living through the winter I realized more fresh air is needed in the main room, and remember, that was the first time I bought something on credit: windows.

So I combined the jobs into Mega Renovation, added more (washing machine repair, plumber) plus “paint the interior of house” because let’s do this project properly.

So if I’m going to have 8 trades coming through and drywall dust everywhere, no way am I leaving my belongings to soak it up. Plus it creates a pleasant work environment for everyone.

Above – the 30-point electrical to-do list

Below – in the trailer while it’s being backed up, playing “Catch my Stuff”

Add the stress that I put everything into a trailer like here, take my life with a tow hook.

So locked it, then parked This Week’s Car in front – 2015 Jaguar XJL.

Added a heater inside.

Here we go!

Operation Last Renovation of My Life I’m Never Doing this Again and will be Removed from this House in a Box” kicked off at 8am today.

Sorry in advance if it’s a light blog week, and please send good luck!

 

 

Can you Spot the 5 OCD Things?

There are 5 things in the above photo that make me nuts. Scroll for answer.

It’s the view from my couch, and, the only place I sit in my main room.

It’s all I can see.

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1 – the door is superfluous. It’s access to the water main, which is accessible from the other side

2 – the fire detector should be to the right, out of sight 

3 – the silver rail should be white, to blend in

4 – terrible spot for a light switch, it jars the eye and ruins its flow

And the trickiest of the 5…

5 – the trim changes either side of the door. Now that’s all you can see, too.