I have done so many DIY home remodels I wish I had never learned how...lol My ex husband and I use to flip houses so we would live in the one we were fixing up, rent the one we just finished to cover the mortage on the one we were fixing and sell the one that was done previous to the one that we were renting to afford the next one. I have torn out more lathe and plaster, refinished hardwood floors etc. If there is a way to put lipstick on a pig, I can find the perfect shade...lol However, this is the DHs first such project and he has OCD, so if it is going to get done he wants it done perfect, thus why this project expanded to where it is today. :roll: Hey at least I talked him out of renting a floor sander and sanding down and restoring the hardwood floors back there...Still think he is planning on doing that to the rest of the house. Mostly because boards have been replaced back there with pine in what looks to be mahogany floor. Now to convince him we are not going to strip 106 years of paint and old varnish and stain off the woodwork trim (still a work in progress).
And I'm not about to mention to him that I found the original floor plans for this house and that the rooms have had their purposes changed over the years or he would be moving the Kitchen back to the room we are working on, the livingroom to the kitchen, and the front parlor to the livingroom, about the only thing that would stay the same according to the original floor plans would be the bedroom and the bathroom...God help me if he finds them. The only reason I even went looking for me is because the way the house is layed out didn't make sense to be since we moved in. Its a small one bedroom, but the way it is now is you come into the livingroom, then through the kitchen, then from the kitchen you can either go into the bedroom or into the now diningroom...No one would want their guests to have to go through the kitchen to get to a diningroom, because you aren't going to want them to see the mess from cooking...plus for the age of the house there is no pantry, which it would have had back then..however there is a cupboard on the back porchy like room just off the diningroom that looks like it was once a pantry..and sure enough on the original floor plans that was exactly what it was.
Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
. I have hawks as well. And I'm with you on the adult dog - not just because they are so often overlooked, but because you know what you are getting. I have a good friend who told me that there are so many variables with puppies when you don't know their lineage that it is very difficult to know what that cute little doggie in the shelter is going to grow into.....even for the experienced professionals. That's part of the reason they end up going back in - the cute little puppy you thought would do well in an apartment grows into an adult who needs a lot more space and activity than you have to give. Where with adults - you might have some bad behaviors to break, but at least in terms of size and needs you can be pretty sure of what you have.