So yesterday, we embarked on what should be a fairly simple task: We finally got around to repainting our bathroom on the main floor -- a task that should have taken roughly five hours, with primering and the actual painting. I got three walls done and felt pretty proud.
But when went to remove the toilet, it wouldn't come unscrewed from the floor. So we had to use a hack saw to screw through the bolts, which took ... a while. Then we discovered that some fucking assclown had painted over wallpaper -- a discovery we made because the wallpaper was all bubbled and peeling behind the toilet. So we started pulling it up.
Which is like pulling an errant thread on a sweater.
And after the paper is pulled up, all the glue underneath must be scraped off.
This is what our bathroom looks like now:
The Pepto Bismol pink is the old color. The sage green is the new color. And anything that isn't one of those two hues needs to be scraped, spackled and/or sanded before we primer and paint it. We spent most of today doing the part behind the toilet so we could reattach it. (We've had the water in our house turned off all day so that agua wouldn't leak from the detached hose.)
But that doesn't take the sting out of the fact that it's going to be a couple of weeks before this mess finished.
Kyle's expression said it best.
P.S. I've been getting drunk, so I'll be sad tomorrow when I have to go to work.
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Now that I am a new homeowner by default, I am quickly realizing the limits of my handiness. Our kitchen sink was dripping. Easy fix, right? Well, it's 3 months later and our kitchen sink still leaks AND now the cold water spigot works in reverse.
I think Niels and I are starting to realize that we will be the people who ALWAYS have to hire someone. We need a handyman on speed dial.
Good luck!
The pictures of your expressions are priceless!
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