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John yells out - Hi honey I'm home.
Suzan says - Welcome home - did you have a good day?
John says - Any time away from here makes for a good day
Suzan says - Well that's nice to know  - I cleaned up for you -
John says - Very nice ( in the most sarcastic voice you can imagine )

I don't get it - I tried to make it as homey as possible LMHO

Even I - who just love the transformation process of turning something like this into something pretty - am discouraged by it if truth be told but I do know that the worst is over - and that every single day from here on in, it's going to get better :)

John says - You're not taking pictures of this for your blog are you?
Suzan says - Yes I am
John says - Oh for God Sakes - I'm trying to build business up - I'm selling high end fabric and garments - I don't need people to know what I'm living in.
John says - We went from a prestigious address to this hell hole
John says - in a high pitched voice - supposedly imitating me - Oh - it's going to be gorgeous !!!
Suzan says - And it WILL be - it just may take a leetle bit longer than I originally thought
John says - They'll be burying us - AND IT'LL STILL LOOK LIKE THIS - IT'S TOO BIG, THIS JOB!!!
John says - Why can't you just admit you were wrong this time.
John yells - IS THAT MY CASHMERE COAT THROWN ON THAT CHAIR????

Suzan says - Listen - with everything I have to worry about - I don't need to worry about your coat
Suzan says- Hang it up
John yells - WHERE??????????????????

Ok - I'm asking all of you dear readers - if I ever tell you I'm buying a fixer upper in the future - JUST STOP ME - REALLY - JUST STOP ME

The bedroom is so close to being done that I can taste it
What does a bedroom taste like, you ask?
Like fresh paint - and sanded floors and walls - and refurbished windows - and wallpaper and pretty curtains

Today I'm loving the wallpaper again LOL

AND guess what yours truly ( inspector clousseau - ette ) discovered today???

These wood inserts that fit the windows - they were in one of the closets in the dormers tucked way back

The clips are missing that hold them in place - there was duct tape on them - such a Canadian thing to do
I ripped it off - and put my frog tape on instead LOL

Still, I'm thrilled to have found them - they'll be spray painted black tomorrow to match the windows
( and I may use a little piece of black electrical tape until I find the right brackets because tape seems to be the way to go in this house :)

Want to see the kitchen ceiling so far?  It's only been primed so use your imagination 'K?
I had to come up with an alternative plan from the ceiling I originally wanted because the money is flying out the door - you can see the original coveted ones HERE - and I still love them with a passion - but too too expensive - and in the end I may just love these as much!!!
I'll tell you all about it when I do the " Kitchen Ceiling " post lol -
Such a great alternative to a standard ceiling - I really am loving it -
Which makes 2 things I love so far -
against the 4 million and 3 hundred and 62 thousand things I hate....................

 If anyone needs me - I'll be sitting in the corner of the bedroom - on the floor - admiring the view and wishing the bed didn't have to be put plunk right in the middle of that window - hiding the curtains..............

It IS going to be pretty - please tell me it IS going to be pretty ?

Oh and I'm just finishing off the bedroom closets -

John says - Where the hell are the knobs from the buffet gone?
Suzan says - Oh them?  I got bored of them on the buffet - time for a change..................

I'm missing my last house a little too much this week -

REALLY - a little too much !!!

Have a wonderful Friday everyone - I'm off to have a tooth pulled - in the midst of all of this - a tooth crumbled in my mouth this week - which means I now have to make a decision concerning a bridge or an implant.
I'd rather be choosing a kitchen sink :(

Much love,
Christmas is less then 2 weeks away - this will be the first Christmas in 35 years ( with the exception of 1 ) that I haven't had it here at home - Lindsay's going to do it at her place this year )
I may discover I like it that way LOL

House Inspector Clousseau at your service !!!

Back when I was painting the linen closet - ( Here ) I discovered something a little strange.

But first let's go back a little - as in when I first came to see the house - and how when I came upstairs to the little landing the first thing I was met with were these doors.............

and a couple of thoughts struck me - the first one being " ugghhh " which I hesitate to write because someone loved them enough to install them at one time obviously - having said that, however - I hate them enough to want to un-install them

that top panel is some kind of plastic imitation of " tiffany " - and the doors themselves don't belong in this house at all - they're modern builder's type of hollow doors.................

here's the one to the linen closet

except when I opened it and found this on the other side ( excuse the photo - I'm in the midst of painting it )

Huh?
Panels on one side?
OMG !!!
I almost did a happy dance - because panels on one side mean there must be panels on the other side!!!
Why would anyone cover that detail up with veneer???????????

And then my mind starting going a little crazy - c'mon with me downstairs!!!

Check out this door!

Do you see what I see?
( said the house inspector to her blogging friends )

THIS DOOR USED TO BE THE SAME - I'M SURE OF IT - THEY REMOVED THE WOOD FROM THE TOP SQUARE AND PUT IN THAT PLASTIC SHEET - AND THEN COVERED THE REST IN VENEER ( sorry for screaming - but I'm so excited by this - I feel like I've just discovered Uranium or something )

How am I so sure of this?

John says - WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?
Suzan - on her hands and knees - knocking on the door in various places - says -
I've made an amazing discovery John !!!
John says - What?  That no one's home?
Suzan says - THESE DOORS HAVE VENEER ON THEM !!!
Suzan says - We just have to remove the veneer and we'll have solid wood doors - complete with molding and panels !!!!
John says - You're nuts - they're basic doors -
Suzan says - THEY'RE NOT - THAT'S THE POINT - THEY ARE NOT JUST BASIC DOORS
John says - Listen I'm not damaging the doors to prove a point to you -
Suzan says - Why would the linen closet have panels on the inside - and not the outside?
John says - I don't know Einstein but we have too many other things to worry about with this house right now................
Suzan starts knocking on the door again
Suzan says - Listen !!!  Where the panels would go in the knocking is echo-y - where the panels would come out - it's not...............THIS IS VENEER - I'M TELLING YOU THIS IS VENEER............
Suzan says - I've discovered something magical here honey!!!
John says - Great - now I'm living with the great Kreskin - she can see through doors.................

Guess what we're doing this weekend?
Dear God - let me be right on this one!

Stay tuned for my hidden window discovery :)

Oh and we bought a really pretty pair of linen drapes from Ikea today -
and left them in the cart as we drove off on our merry way....................

and now we can't find the bill.

THAT'S the reason zombies don't go shopping - now I know :)

Merry Christmas someone out there with a free new pretty pair of linen drapes

Much love,