In the meantime...some before and afters

Back room/living room

Back room/bedroom

Brown room

Green room

Big door

Little door

We've got water in the basement which needs to be fixed - discovered the day the painter finished. And we're waiting on the inspector to approve the upgrade for the water line, then there's the fridge door issue, and the hood f - ing fan, and the washer and dryer are going to open into each other still because they installed them the way they are now and not the way we wanted them. Because, after a quick annoyed survey, contractors don't do laundry. Clearly, they are also believers in the laundry fairy. Now, a very annoyed laundry fairy, whose washer/dryer doors open toward each other and block access to the sink.

For sale: Bosch washer/dryer set plus pedestals $500; one insert-style hood fan and blower $500; sanity $priceless [update: sold 'em! Sanity went cheap, as of questionable quality]

Oh yes - and the big door/little door photos? That's the conversion from a family room to our bedroom. The framing went up while I was out one day. Caught me by surprise. I didn't know they were going to frame it so fast and I hadn't moved the couch out yet and it won't fit through the little door, so now I have a couch in my bedroom.Totally planned.

In the meantime, Dave found out he is eligible for the surgery he wanted, but big surprise, the first date is July 11th. That's two weeks from now folks! Nothing like looming open-heart surgery to get you energized. So here is a before and after photo of the back room. Don't worry, I'll get new furniture and pictures on walls over time. And curtains. This ain't HGTV. This here is the REAL housewives reality show. Worry lines included.