Rip, Spackle, Paint

Pry, pull, rip, rip... pry pull, pry pry pry rip... pry pull uh oh, there's no wall behind there... think think... remember Trading Spaces... think think... very careful pry pull pry pull, flip over, nail tack nail tack, ha works, repeat repeat.

Spackle spackle spackle, tape, spacke spackle. Repeat. Drip on carpet, curse!

Move plastic, paint paint paint, move plastic, paint paint, move plastic, gah my eye!, mumble paint paint paint, take break, paint paint paint move plastic, dab sweat from head, move plastic paint paint, repeat.
posted by Jeff Gatlin at 8/11/2003 06:33:00 PM

Imagine...

A lovely neighborhood full of trees and friendly people. Then imagine a big ugly box in the middle of it. That's my place.

After 2 days of home owner ship, I find myself having the usual post purchase wigouts. Now that I own the place, I am finding plenty of stuff 'wrong' with it that I didn't notice when I first was dazzled by it (happened with most of my cars too). Or at least, the stuff I did see I forgot about (This is very likely). I spent the day there and made four pages of notes concerning things that I will have to fix/clean/replace.

Nothing is really all that bad. A loose thing here, a missing knob there, a badly installed thing over there. The absolute worst thing, that I didn't notice at all when I looked at it, is that the owner was a smoker. I didn't notice a smell when I viewed it and at the time it was still occupied thus all furniture in place made it look quite spritely. Now emptied, you can clearly see that the walls are yellowed from smoke, especially where they removed pictures you'll find nice white rectangles. Yucko.

In the meantime, I get to have fun repainting the entire place. Fortunately, I have approx 6 to 7 weeks before I move in to get it all done. If I have cash left after all the painting, the kitchen floor is gonna get ripped up as well. Wish me luck and lots of soap. -Jeffg



posted by Jeff Gatlin at 8/03/2003 01:50:00 AM