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Preface

I’d say that so far we have been pretty lucky on our home projects.  You know how on EVERY episode of “Love It or List It” there is a major problem uncovered in the midst of demo?  Well that hasn’t happened to us.  (Except for the one time there were extension cords in the ceiling.)

I sort of opened a can of worms over the weekend.  Not in the sense of uncovering issues like termite damage.  More along the lines of “I didn’t realize how much work this was going to be.”

We have established that sometimes I don’t think things though all the way.  Peyote Tent should jog your memory…

For those of you who are new to these parts, we had a Sunday lesson a few weeks ago, where we tore out a half wall between our living room and dining room.  Then I told you all about our plans to make it open concept.

Chapter One: Home Alone & Antsy Are A Bad Combo

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I think almost every blogger has the impulse gene.

Here it was, Sunday night, and Aaron, Karl and I were sitting around the table talking about the fascinating world of freeze-dried foods.

And I was blabbering about what a horrible DIYer I am, since I did nothing of “blog worth” this weekend.  I had a sisters night, Orchestra rehearsal, and watched a whole season of One Tree Hill.  

Aaron jokingly said, “We could knock out the wall, and that would give you something to write about.”

Aaron and Karl looked horrified at how serious I took that comment.

We decided that if we had a lesson about “The Walls of Jericho” coming down, we could make knocking down the wall our Sunday activity.

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It’s Monday, and the weekend is over.  How was your weekend?  I went to orchestra rehearsal #nerdalert.  Then I helped my sister Gina mercury glass some vases #forbabymollysroom.  And ate Second Sunday Supper #dinedlikekatemiddleton.

As promised, I have a basement update for you.

If you are new to the blog, let me give you the basement run down.  The goal was building a nook under the stairs.  It quickly turned into a wild room makeover.  The design inspiration has been industrial vintage.  Indiana Jones would punch nuns for a family room like ours.

This project was 100% Aaron.  Every time I’d look at what we were working with, I would have a mini melt down.  Usually I am the creative one, but I could not comprehend how to fix the problem.

He took all the initiative on this one, which I am extremely grateful for.  I know my limits, and when there are projects I can’t do.  This was one.  But I was really good at taking pictures.

The drywall complication:

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