We made a minor change in our home layout recently. Wait, that’s a lie. We made what started out to be a minor change in our home layout recently. That’s not quite right either. We made plans to make what started out to be a minor change in our home layout recently. The whole operation snowballed to the point where my dream to star in an HGTV show is now Making a Murderer II.
We were done remodeling our house. Done, I tell you. It had taken more than two years, a period of time where I had on speed-dial an electrician, a plumber, the Pottery Barn store in Corte Madera, and a crane operator. Our dog got so attached to Ben, our general contractor, after five rooms remodeled, she slipped into a depression during a 60-day gap between projects. For the record, I was against this gap. I would have preferred to steam ahead because I’m a get-it-over-with-kinda gal, but Ben quietly and with much restraint reminded me that I’m not the only person who needs work done on her house. Also that he has a life outside of us and our dog.
As we neared the end of 2015, I went into overdrive and was double booking painters, window treatment installations and floor refinishers. I was determined to be done. Every time my husband looked up from Flip or Flop and started a sentence with, “Hey, what do you think about –” I would interrupt him with, “No. But maybe in 2017. If you’re good.” I was really looking forward to a solid 12 months where I could eat ice cream straight out of the carton without having a construction worker right outside the bathroom door. People can be so judgmental. [Read more…] about Home Reno-a-No-No