The First Task

After we close escrow on the house this Tuesday, our first task will be to tackle scraping the popcorn acoustic off the ceilings in the bedrooms. We've watched some videos online and have gotten some advise on how to do it ourselves. Luckily, there is no asbestos to worry about (we got that tested during our inspections). Today we went to Home Depot to pick up a few supplies for this fun task: a ladder, scrapers, a 1-gallon watering tank to wet the ceiling with, blue painter's tape, and lots of plastic sheeting to cover the floor and walls with. We barely fit the 6-foot ladder in Ted's little Honda. After we scrape the popcorn off, we know a guy that specializes in drywall, and he is going to help us patch up the ceiling and apply some texture before we paint it (we didn't want to mess that part up doing it ourselves!).

We also decided on a carpet color for the bedrooms today... "puddle" by Bliss... it has new technology to resist stains, odor, and any mold from growing underneath. Plus, it feels nice on the feet :). The color is in-between a gray and a beige. We didn't want to go too light so dirt would show, but we didn't want to go too dark either. We started realizing the fine lines between light beige, medium beige, and even medium light beige! Your eyeballs start to glaze over after you've been staring at carpet colors for over an hour. But we finally settled on "puddle." If you are looking for new carpet, watch out for any pink undertones when you are picking out the color; it can sneak up on you. Unless of course, you want your carpet to look pink! We decided to pick a carpet that is a little bit more expensive than your bottom line stuff because it comes with a 10 year warranty and well, the new technology had me sold. Let's hope it works out!