Saturday, August 28, 2010

Home Depot Broke My Wallet

Yes, you read right. Figuratively speaking, Home Depot broke my wallet. It was unkind to us today as we purchased many tools, supplies, and gadgets for the near future. We are still working on the wallpaper removal project. There are moments when I wonder what I've gotten myself into, and moments where I am just so, SO excited to finish. I has become almost monumental. We have now taken down all the trim around windows, doors, and floor, since the wallpaper was on, under, or otherwise hindered by it. Most of it is junk because between wallpaper and paint it would be more work than it's worth to try to clean up. Thankfully, I had already decided i wanted to put up crown molding, so when it became a must at least I wasn't irritated. The previous owners painted all over the ceilings (and by all over, I guess I don't really mean ALL OVER. but at least an inch into the ceiling..with lovely TEXTURED gray/tan paint.) The only other option would be to paint the ceiling which reaches over the stairs, into the living room, and beyond. I ♥ crown molding.

SINCE we have the trim off....I am *hesitantly* trying to convince Luke to go ahead and do the flooring as well. I would LOVE to have laminate wood-looking flooring in the kitchen and dining room. It would require pulling up carpet to certain point in the entry, and pulling up the kitchen linolium..which, SURPRISE, is also painted all over. (And by all over I DO mean all over. Its like they flung paint...)

I think I have decided that instead of repainting the parts behind my counters, I want to do beadboard. I {think}. I am still going to browse the world wide web for more inspiration. I decided to do something other than paint when I realized that both behind the fridge and my counters IS wallpaper after all. Not only that, but it's been impossible to get more than a millimeter of wallpaper off at a time. Also, the paint over the wallpaper is peeling terribly. I'm sorry, I don't want to face it. Let's cover it.

I am very excited though. I just can't wait to see the finished project. And even if it isn't perfect, it can't be worse, and I KNOW it will be better by a long shot If you haven't seen, here is the photo that inspired this whole project...Its the one I keep going back to -daily- to remind me how great it's going to be!!!!
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  1. The Pusch FamilyAugust 29, 2010 at 5:07 AM

    I hate when you start a project and it turns out to be waay more involved than you first thought! We redid some of our kitchen and did put up bead board as a backsplash if you wanna see a picture. And my dinning room is similar but I have a dark red on top and a tan on the bottom. Good luck I hope you can finish your project and have it turn out how you want it too!

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  2. The Antonich'sAugust 29, 2010 at 7:07 AM

    i would love to see a pic of your beadboard. Where did you purchase it? I have only looked at Home Depot so far. Was it a pretty easy install? We are debating between wood and PVC...any advice?

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  3. AnonymousAugust 29, 2010 at 12:08 PM

    You can just lay the laminate flooring over the linoleum in your kitchen. You just lay the underlayment and then the laminate right on top. That will save you a lot of time. (and itchiness if you have asbestos in your linoleum and/or old glue).

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  4. The Antonich'sAugust 30, 2010 at 8:05 AM

    i can't do that since we need to take it into the dining room which has carpet and we'd either have to raise the dining floor or take out the linoleum...and it would raise the rest of the floor above our living room flooring a LOT. unless i'm not understanding something

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