I definitely biting off more than I can chew with this one… I wanted to paint the entire condo before fully moving back in after coming back from Perú. I’ve been talking about doing it since even before we left. So now we’re back. Our stuff is still in storage. And our house is a huge mess.
The project started with the idea of just re-painting the walls. We’ve quickly added a few side projects. Here’s the punch list:
- Rip out the shelves in the bedroom and office closets and replace them with modular storage shelves and drawers.
- Take out sliding doors to office closet. Replace with curtains.
- Get rid of the built in desk and weird storage box in office.
- Remove built-in microwave and replace it with a shelf.
- Replace blinds.
- Rip up and replace the old baseboard moldings.
- Paint the kitchen cupboards (in addition to the walls).
- Take out the fluorescent lighting in the kitchen. (Scott is fighting this one. It would lift the ceiling up about 5 inches, which is greatly needed in our dinky kitchen.)
Since we’re doing a lot of ripping out of things, I’ve been spackling away at the walls. It’s highly addicting. And messy. Look closely, I have a thin layer of dust all over me.
These are a few before photos. Circles and arrows indicate things that are going bye-bye.
