Its official! We're homeowners :)
Reno day 1: I went to the home and started with my putty and putty knife to fill in the nail and screw holes left by the old owner. I don't understand how one family could have so many things hanging on their walls! Worse yet, many of the large screws that were used (I would assume to hang heavy items) weren't even in studs! I could pull many of them out with my fingers. I was able to fill about 30 holes today and the sanding and second coat (if needed) will be tomorrow. I also removed the horrible master bathroom mirror tiles and filled in the 18 holes to those alone. I don't know what the previous owners were thinking...
My other task I started today was wallpaper removal. I don't understand who would EVER want to put up wallpaper...I didn't get very far into this task yet but that is my main goal tomorrow.
Tomorrow I'll be back over there for a few hours to finish wallpaper removal in the downstairs bath and (hopefully) the upstairs hallway. Then finish a few of the filling in of holes and sanding. Also, I am going to start the process of removing the paint from the stair handrails to expose the beautiful wood underneath and restore that. If this doesn't work, we'll be buying a new handrail.
As the process continues I'll be posting before and after pictures but as of right now I only have a few before that I took today. Tomorrow I'll update some pictures as I hope to have some visible progress.
Saturday will be our paint party starting at 11am so if you're free and interested in helping out please let us know so we can plan for extra rollers!
