When I take on any new project in my home,
things get worse before they
get better.
For example...painted pine TNG (tongue and groove). We thought we could paint it white and love it. We.did.not.love.it.
It was a little more shabby than chic for my taste. So, we decided to remove all of the TNG from the walls and leave the ceiling. The TNG will be replaced with drywall. Have I mentioned that Papa Joe is a contractor and that includes some major drywalling skills? Well, hubby grew up drywalling and is going to take care of this little project for us. I am sure that his dad (AKA Papa Joe) will be there to supervise and lend a helping hand!
Our three children watched this classic. Rhyan and Benny take turns reciting their fav quotes throughout the movie. Yesiree, we raise 'em up right around here!
After three solid hours of work, a few blisters, a small wound on hubby's hand, and a broken pair of pliers, we saw a whole lot of, well...not the progress we imagined.
These are only some of the pieces we are hoping to reuse. We use a black sharpie to write on the back of the pieces. We are very specific about naming the exact location of anything that we remove and plan to use again in the future in the same location. I made the mistake, only once, of removing trim to refinish it and we NEVER got those pieces of trim correctly placed again.
We called it quits at 7:30. After a quick vacuum (there were wood splinters everywhere) we all headed upstairs for a snack before bedtime. Once we had the children to bed, hubby ever so cautiously mentioned to me that we really should have a major media room pick-up before starting the next wall. I guess I have to agree with him!
Thanks for stopping by!
~Emily
