Stuck In The Safe Room With You
Our house looks like a crime scene in progress. Everywhere you look plastic covers the walls, floors and windows. The painters have arrived, and the DIY bus has left the building. Years ago, I scraped the popcorn off the ceilings in a total of four rooms. The last room I did ended with me looking like the ghost of all DIY projects past, present, and future. I was covered in a white pile of wet, lumpy, ceiling popcorn in a room hazed over with ceiling dust. Never again. All things considered, it was time to admit defeat and call in the pros. I googled, interviewed, got estimates and picked my painters. I thought it would be a breeze, but I've spent more time dealing with this current project than any of the other DIY projects I had taken on by myself. Between the research, interviews, estimates, dinners that were late or burned, and the furniture that had to be moved, I was exhausted! The stairs have become my enemy, with countless trips to move pictures, mirrors, lamps and...