Lots of things I like about older houses - character, charm - and some things that aren't so great. One of the things we've been doing along the way is switching out the outlets, switches and light fixtures. The light fixtures had to come first - they were both unattractive and one of them actually would make crackling sounds (!) when turned on - so those had to go right away. We haven't changed them into anything interesting for the most part - just your generic light fixtures (aka "boob lights"), since we had some of those from an earlier place we rented. But today we changed out about 5 outlets (we've been doing this periodically). Here's an illustration of why this is pretty important:
This one basically disintegrated in his hands when Dale went to change this one out. It's from our bedroom. Lots of them have cracks and other obvious faults, so we'll feel better when we get them all changed. We've got about 5 or 6 more to go.
We also spent the day putting together IKEA furniture parts - the wardrobe, the inner dressers, the doors. Dale also got most of the wall demolished, so tomorrow he's hoping to frame out the space. While he's doing that, I am going to be working on the crown molding and baseboard trim. More pictures to come when we make some progress!
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