Quirky Fantastic

It's taken me longer than I thought to get back to this post series. First, I was feeling under the weather. When my new allergy med routine finally kicked in, it was Spring Break and I was off to Austin. When I got back, I had the best of intentions. I had planned to paint my living room...Well, that didn't happen. It turns out that I'm not a fast painter. I'd already painted the trim in my hallway, and it took me a day to finish painting the rest of the trim in my living room plus this closet. I'd been wanting to try something visually interesting to make my condo seem more at home to me. I'd managed to damage my closet door when I was experimenting with taking it down, and now it won't close properly. With the other repairs I'm doing, getting a new door is a low priority to me, so I decided to paint the bottom half of my closet blue. I mostly decided to make it two-toned like this because I don't have a step stool and I didn't feel lik

My condo and I have had a bit of a bumpy start since I moved in late last summer. The purchase process had a lot of hiccups, although I really like my realtor. Overall, it wasn't terrible. It was just that a lot of what could go wrong, did. I enjoy living alone for the most part, but I had a hard time adjusting to the move. My condo meets all of my requirements: top floor, great location, parking and storage included. I just haven't really adjusted to the idea of living here longer term. Embarrassingly enough, I haven't even fully unpacked, much less started doing many home improvement projects. I'd like to change that. One thing that I did do after moving in was hire a second inspector, Suzanne from Sound Advice Home Inspection , to create a home maintenance plan. She was fantastic, giving me a crash course in construction in addition to writing up a lengthy report with different items and their relative importance. I have a much better idea of what I need to do