by
34

During the winter, when we can’t open the windows, we work on “clean” projects, such as sewing new curtains. We save up messy and toxic tasks such as plastering and stripping for spring and summer. We’ve accomplished quite a bit this year, although not as much as we hoped. Our agenda was to finish all the woodwork and the plastering. What we actually accomplished was rehabilitating the built-ins on the garden floor.

by

We had some grand plans to paint the bedroom and other rooms, put moldings back into place, strip the kitchen woodwork, and plaster throughout the house. We did strip the bedroom in June, and so it was completely empty and ready to paint. But then we got bedbugs from a hotel. All renovation came to a standstill. We had to put all our possessions in black garbage bags, which completely filled the empty room. The bedbugs are gone, but we are still sorting through the black bags. And now we’re $3,000 poorer.