Boy did our house need painting. It has needed it for a long time. After we did the roof, we realized we had been deferring a lot of maintenance on the house. We also realized that since we got such a screaming deal on our house, we had a lot of equity we could access to do the work. And then interest rates dropped below 3%. We jumped on that (Derek's favorite home project is refinancing.) It took 2 months to close the loan because during the process we discovered that an old refinance from 2015 had never been reported as closed to the county. But finally we closed the loan--and none too soon. It was the week our house painters did the house! (We scheduled them as soon as we started the loan paperwork, figuring the refinance would come through in plenty of time).
The house looks amazing. And now the kitchen renovation will commence. We hired a designer last week. She is doing a site visit this week. Yikes!
Our painter said, "Well, this house isn't the standard box we usually paint..." Yeah. That's why we love it. And why it drives us crazy.
I tell you what, this whole home project thing is going to help teach me patience. There are so many steps. So many layers! Even finishing the front door (getting new hardware) is taking forever (because of course our doors are not standard hardware backset).
And I still haven't finished the office. But I made some more progress this week. Maybe next weekend I'll finalize?
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