Installed baseboards in second room last night and set up the last. Would have made more progress, but for the stupid curvature of the antique subfloor. Baseboards are cut to length, but the floor keeps dodging out of the way. A 6' board sitting on the floor at both ends and an inch high in the middle. A 12' board sitting flush in the middle but ( Read more... )

So, on Monday we got the 3 recently-drywalled upstairs rooms painted. Looks fantastic thus far, too bad we haven't dealt with the window/door casings yet ( Read more... )

We come now to the shining jewel of home-décor - the back bedroom!
In one room, we have wallpaper that is simultaneously dark and loud and floral, we have wood paneling of the eco-friendly tree-free variety, we have old beat-up carpet, and we have adhesive black rubber baseboards. The shelves full of Elvis dolls can’t stay, unfortunately.

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The living room is pretty straightforward - as I understand it, the first floor had been 4 separate rooms when the previous owner moved in, and he cut archways and opened up the walls, so the living room is now across the whole front of the house, with a big arched opening to the dining room. It’s a really nice open living space.  (note: just like ( Read more... )