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Bathroom texture had dried and we were now ready for wall paint and trim paint. They painted everything a bright white, including door and all baseboards and trim. It was such a refreshing sight to see everything looking so fresh and so clean. In our bedroom we had a weird metal grate in the floor, which we discovered was a floor furnace. It hadn't been turned on in a while and was full of dust. We didn't want the grate in the floor since it was right when you walked in so Casey took it out and they put new floor boards over the area. The painters gave our kitchen cabinets and hardware a coat of white. This made all the difference to me. After seeing the big brass hardware it was just too overwhelming in the kitchen. I tried polishing the hardware, to restore it to a nice gold brass color, but it wasn't working like I wanted it to. So now its painted all white, its much easier on the eyes. The brothers worked on the broken and rotting f...

Immediately following drywall was a relatively quick spraying of texture on all the walls and ceiling and then, as I was corrected by Casey from my previous post, the knock- down technique, not to be mistaken by knock-off. I wasn't sure I wanted texture on the walls. To me, I wanted our walls to look smooth and clean, maybe because of how horrible the walls looked prior to our renovations. But I was wrong. Texture has such a great way of camouflaging all sorts of lumps, cracks, and holes. Plus it makes every wall fit together in a wonderful uniform way. Here's some post texture in the bathroom. Here's some before texture of the bedroom and living room walls. The white patches are mud filling in major dips and cracks in the walls. They were taped off and ready to go. One thing I think made such a difference in the outcome of our fixer-upper was the ceilings. They 'floated' the ceilings, which just meant they were smooth and level. When I look at t...

Drywall was the turning point in every room of our house. The possibilities were just around the corner. I couldn't wait to start thinking about paint colors and tile options. The bathroom needed the most drywall, and then there were some patches in the kitchen to be fixed. Mud texture was put on some of the walls because of cracks or huge lumps as the walls had moved over the years. Here's the finished mud over the screws and patching the holes. This was a really exciting stage for me. It looked like a blank canvas ready to be painted at this point. But before I get too hasty, we needed knock-off texture applied to all the walls. We hired someone to do the texture and paint, mainly to save time. At this point, we were drastically approaching our wedding date. I wanted to be completely done with the house so I could move in before the wedding, and he could join me after we were married. After peeling off the gross wall paper up on the ...