Someday I will have to update the interior of the house. The house is like me: even if I exercised and lost weight I would still be old and unattractive. Even if tried to update my house -- paint over the stenciling, remove the Waverly wallpaper -- it will still be an eighties house with a kitchen visible from the great room / beamed ceiling / fireplace. It would be like trying to update a house with a sunken living room: you’d always expect Mary Tyler Moore to wave at you through the kitchen pass-through.
Some maintenance needs to be done on the inside. In particular, I want another Toto toilet, so enamored am I of the first one. I am crushed every time Gary hogs our one Toto toilet and I have to do my business on the original crappy crapper. So low to the ground. Such tardy flushing. I barely feel human using it.
That does mean an update to our time capsule master bathroom - virginal and untouched this 30 years. Never been painted. Builder toilet and lighting and tile. I confess that a little bit of me feels that the whole house will collapse if we pull that thread.
Sounds like we have similar houses. Mine was born in 75 and I loooove the 70s vibe. But I’m wanting to sell in the next few years. And I’ve been watching a bunch of hgtv. So now I know my sunken living room is terrible and must be fixed. I have tile, concrete, faux wood, and carpet and that is horrible apparently. But that kitchen overlooking the great room you have is very desirable according to hgtv. I know I’d love to be able to see my tv from the kitchen lol. You should see all my mirrored tile walls!
Posted by: Jessica Fantastica | April 12, 2019 at 08:46 AM
Jessica Fantastica - What about your ceiling? I love my popcorn ceiling. I know HGTV scorns them but too bad.
Posted by: TheQueen | April 12, 2019 at 08:18 PM
Oh yes I forgot about the popcorn. I do not care about ceilings as long as they stay above my head lol. But man some people really hate them!
Posted by: Jessica Fantastica | April 17, 2019 at 08:07 AM
Jessica Fantastica - I remember episodes of Trading Spaces where the homeowners had to rake the popcorn off the ceilings. I fell in love with it when I had to repair it. You just buy a spray bottle of the popcorn and get on a ladder.
Posted by: TheQueen | April 17, 2019 at 09:44 PM