I’ve decided to start with the smallest and worst room in this new home project. It’s the whatever room.
Lemme tell you about this room.
It was called a “bedroom” by the seller who also said it started as an office. There are no windows. One of the downsides of living in a barndo is the lack of windows in any room that doesn’t have an outer wall. This room does have a door, but it leads to the outside garage… the one that doesn’t have a concrete floor yet. It also has a small closet that’s currently being used as a “coat closet.”
This room will house my treadmill, tanning bed, and freezer — along with doubling as a utility room since it’s the only place where sweepers, steamers, brooms and such will fit downstairs. One top partial wall is dry erase board and the bottom walls are all chalkboard paint. (ARG!!)
The drywall walls at the top are full of holes and have damage from just ripping off command strips.
I’m starting with the whatever room because I need to get my freezer (currently in the Pesky’s garage) moved here. I want to paint before any more stuff goes in there.
It’s a near perfect fall day!
It’s gorgeous outside so at noon I’m still waiting on motivation to hit before going to war in there. I should just adopt Dharma’s “WHATEVER” attitude on the whatever room. 🙂
TIL (Today I Learned): Elvis Presley had a twin, Jesse Garon, who was stillborn.
Painted the hall today but no photos to show until I actually put the outlet covers on and Perry puts the lights back up. Instead, I’ll share the minuscule things at the end of the driveway (there’s one on each side):
Not elaborate by a long shot, but they are only there because we needed to cover-up concrete slabs — or maybe an underground tunnel that reaches the Brownstown jail. But I’m pretty sure they cover concrete slabs that supported the brick pillars that once marked the end of the driveway.
Remember them? This was the last one to die…
It’s easier to cover them than bust them up. I figure once the shrub things fill out — it will look a whole lot better.
Merida has 2 doggie CBD pills under her belt. I hate to say they’ve helped… but she’s been unusually normal today. Don’t want to brag too soon and be all disappointed, but she didn’t throw them up — and that’s a start.
Daily new COVID-19 cases (7 day moving average): Indiana-19.09 (slightly up); Jackson Co – 13.6 (down slightly); Florida 14.2 (down); Nevada – 15.7 (up)
Y’all notice Indiana is higher than Florida AND Nevada now? Matter of fact, Indiana is the 10th worst place to be in the US if you don’t want COVID.
There’s a lady, Jane, I met a long time ago while working with a local bank to have items printed. She and her husband owned the print company. On Thursday, she had an issue with her web service and asked for my immediate help. I had her fixed up in no time.
Saturday morning, she showed up at my door with a bottle of wine, an awesome throw pillow and tried to give me $20. The pillow is really cool and wine is always great!
I refused the cash and didn’t know she’d left it for me to find once she’d gone. I didn’t find it but…
It’s always nice to be nice. The only one in this scenario that WASN’T nice was Merida. She took the $20 bucks and hid under the bed. I retrieved it before it was in pieces, but it sure was soggy.
While Jane was here, we compared dog war stories — she has a problem child too. Said she gives her dog CBD chewies and they’re amazing. Huh! By Merida’s weight, she’s supposed to get 3 per day. I figure 10 might make a difference and anything is worth a try. My sanity depends upon it. 🙂
While Perry just sent a text that said the SUV is fully loaded from his trip to Home Depot for outdoor additions, I’m back on the ladder painting today. My view…
Daily new COVID-19 cases (7 day moving average): Indiana-19.07 (slightly down); Jackson Co – 13.9 (same); Florida 15.0 (down); Nevada – 13.6 (down)
TIL (Today I Learned): The FDA lists a daily percentage of added sugars in foods and drink. A single can of Coke contains 78% of your daily recommended sugar intake. Read more here…
My “to do” list for prepping the house to sell is getting shorter. I’ve painted… and painted… and painted. And, I’ve had so much help!
There are some rooms that need no attention… 2 hall bathrooms, the utility room, the mud/dog room, Coco’s room, and the exercise (4th bedroom) room. The outside shrubs have all been trimmed. Off my list is the kitchen (already shared photos of it), and now I can cross off the office…
And the living room…
And I’ve even painted the ceiling in the family room! The jury is still out on my favorite paint in the house… the purple.
Before I remove the last little pop of personality — since I’ve painted EVERYTHING in neutral tones — I’m going to finish today’s project. The big ole’ fireplace rework. Not gonna lie… I’m nervous about it but oh, so committed!
In other news, today is International Dog Day — and it wouldn’t be right if I didn’t share my 2 favorites. Especially since they’ve worked so hard these past few weeks!
Daily new COVID-19 cases (7 day moving average): Indiana-14.0 (up); Jackson Co – 12.9 (down); Florida 17.8 (way down); Nevada – 18.8 (down)
Have you ever looked around the inside of your own home satisfied with what you see — only to look inside of someone else’s decorated home and decide everything you have looks like crap?Â
My neighbors to the north moved in a couple years ago. I KNOW what the inside of that house looked like… it was 100 times worse than mine was before renovations. I was inside a few weeks ago and it was AMAZING — floor coverings were amazing, colors.. amazing, cabinets were holy cow amazing, and everything was decorated in muted gray tones with modern decor and… you guessed it — was AMAZING.
I came home and looked around my recently painted, scarcely decorated walls and felt a huge let down. Same house I thought was great an hour before suddenly wasn’t great anymore.
I’ve always liked the color of the brick on this house — but the neighbor’s is likely my least favorite ever.
Today, painters started painting over there (much more quietly than the tree trimmers) and I’m so excited to see it completed. Although jealous, I’m so very happy for them (they are a great family!) — and I know that improvements there only make my property more valuable as well.
I sure hope when they’re finished I don’t suddenly hate the brick on my house. Wouldn’t that be a horrible (and costly) repeat. 🙂 Â
