We've been working on our living room ... and working ... and working ...
I'll post pictures when it's done ... if it ever is.
Is this the way more home renovation projects start out, or is it just my family?
Me: Honey, I love all the space we have in our living room since we moved the love seat out when we had carpets cleaned. I don't really want to bring it back in, but we need the extra seating in this room. It's too bad we can fit the couch and the entertainment center along the same wall. Maybe we could just take the TV out since we don't watch it anyway?
Ben: Well, I've been wanting to mount the TV on the wall.
Me: Okay ... so then we could put the couch under the TV once it's mounted?
Ben: What would we do with all the electronics? X-box, PS3, cable box (if we ever get cable again)?
Me: Uhm ... I guess we'd better go to IKEA and see what we can do.
Several days and mucho mulah later ...
Ben: I'm just not sure how it's going to look mounting this IKEA shelving unit above the TV.
Me: Yeah, it's just too bad we can't get some chairs or something and then we could move the love seat downstairs. I think that would look better ... Oh hey, our friends are having a moving sale. Maybe they are selling some chairs!
Several days and a bit of mulah later
Me: These wingback chairs are going to be perfect ... but they're blue! I hate blue. I going to need to reupholster these.
Ben: So, not to change the subject, but if I'm going to mount the TV on the wall, it makes sense to paint the wall first.
Me: Ok, but if we paint the walls, I want to paint all the woodwork. I hate that brown woodwork! And we should probably paint the built-ins too, and the mantel ...
Ben: I want to rip that mantel down. I really dislike it.
Me: That would be a pretty pricey project. I bet we could just modify it, if we removed this piece and this piece and then nailed some boards and trim in place here ...
Several weeks later and more mulah shelled out ...
Ben: I really don't want to paint these windows. Maybe we should just replace the windows instead of painting them.
Me: Yeah, they're original to the house and I would like to have double-paned windows.
A trip to Home Depot and the bank account is a looking pretty thin ...
Me: Well, we're almost done with the living room, but we can't finish up until you get all the wiring done for the new electrical box behind the TV (which still isn't mounted).
Ben: Let me go up in the attic and see what I will need to do .... Ewww!!! There are squirrel trails and rat droppings everywhere.
Me: Gross, I don't want you going up there with all that unsanitaryness! How do we get rid of that? We need to call some wildlife control company.
2 days later
Dude from Critter Control: Yes, so the process is that we will seal up your home to prevent any critters from getting in, then set up traps to catch the ones that are left inside. Once there are no more critters we can clean up the droppings and sanitize in the attic. Here's your estimate to complete this work.
Dude hands me the piece of paper and I nearly lose my breakfast.
Moral of the story: before starting any home renovation project, take that budget you came up with, and multiply it by at least 20.
2 comments:
It's so funny how one project needs another one done before that and another and another and another until you have no idea what you're original project was! That's so funny!
Well, now we need to come over!!!!!
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