What's Kept Me Away, These Past Few Months.

[Atticus Finch]

Great work, Tom. One of the dividends of doing such a complete restoration yourself, is that you'll never need to call a home repairman for the rest of your life. When something breaks or wears out in your house...no problem...you've dealt with it before and you know how to repair or replace it yourself. The only time you'll ever call a professional is when you just don't feel like messing with a house project that day 'cause you'd rather go fishing.

AF

 

[gtdean48]

Major league impressive! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Very true. To top it all off, you know how everything was done, too. There's nothing worse than going to repair something that somebody else installed. Usually the installer appears to be clueless lol

Great work, Tom. One of the dividends of doing such a complete restoration yourself, is that you'll never need to call a home repairman for the rest of your life. When something breaks or wears out in your house...no problem...you've dealt with it before and you know how to repair or replace it yourself. The only time you'll ever call a professional is when you just don't feel like messing with a house project that day 'cause you'd rather go fishing.

AF

Thank you! It was a lot to do and most people thought I was crazy, but here we are lol

Major league impressive! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

 

[kaiser]

Hi Tom,

That really looks good regarding the house project. I have done something like that twice when I still lived in the states, and once, and I hope for the last time here in Germany in 2010. A great deal of work, but the satisfaction as you go along and complete each stage of the project is great. Good luck with the exterior when the weather warms up.

 

[1961MJS]

Hi Tom

Great job. I helped my Grandpa and Dad with our house years ago. One of my jobs was to take the nails out of the plaster lathes and then pile them in the basement. I made LOTS of stuff from those things growing up.

I don't miss that stuff much. I'll NEVER do wall paper, its straight, it goes on something that probably ain't straight, and it's sticky on one side. Recipe for disaster...

Later

 

[jamespowers]

Hi Tom

Great job. I helped my Grandpa and Dad with our house years ago. One of my jobs was to take the nails out of the plaster lathes and then pile them in the basement. I made LOTS of stuff from those things growing up.

I don't miss that stuff much. I'll NEVER do wall paper, its straight, it goes on something that probably ain't straight, and it's sticky on one side. Recipe for disaster...

Later

Oh yeah! Wallpaper is tough to get off too---especially that 70s fuzzy stuff :doh:

Great jb Tom. I expect no less from you though.

 

[kaiser]

Oh yeah! Wallpaper is tough to get off too---especially that 70s fuzzy stuff :doh:

Great jb Tom. I expect no less from you though.

The house we did up here in Germany had a couple of rooms with 5 layers of wall paper. That was tough to get off

 

[Touchofevil]

Great work, Tom. You have a great family. It is nice to know that there are good people like the Nakieski family out there. Now if only there were more nearby.

 

[Gregg Axley]

Tom the before and after are INCREDIBLE!
Wait, 70's wallpaper?
Intact?
Send it to me.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Thank you all for the kind words. I'm expecting the inspector here, soon, so I'm hoping he feels the same way lol

 

[AtomicEraTom]

 

[AtomicEraTom]

And today:

 

[jamespowers]

Tom the before and after are INCREDIBLE!
Wait, 70's wallpaper?
Intact?
Send it to me.

NO!

 

[jamespowers]

Cool! You left the beer wall.

 

[scottyrocks]

Glad you were gone for such a good reason, Tom. Welcome back.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Yup, if anybody ever remodels again, they'll find those beer cans back there lol.

Cool! You left the beer wall.

Thank you! My realtor expects at least a 30,000 dollar profit on this house, so that really makes it worth while lol

Glad you were gone for such a good reason, Tom. Welcome back.