we missed the deadline to order thae carpet we wnated 'cause my husband drug his foot throuigh the whole process. So now we have Unclaimed frieght coming out tomorrow to measure and they can install next week. We cold get it installed this week but if we wait until next week the carpet will be on sale! So Now we just have to figure out the best way to put this chair rail up on an uneven wall. Plus my DH can't remember how to use the miter box. So this weekend him and my daughter are going to try to conquer that. He's trying so hard to get every little speck of old drywall mud off the floor. It has been scraped flat but he wants every bit of it off. So if al goes well next week we will have furniture. We haven't picked out light fixtures yet. He wants flush to the ceiling. I think the room is big enough it can take a little bigger than that. But Home Depot has these fixtures that are 2 for $15! And you know how money talk to a man.

The BBB finally heard from Mr. #$%^^%$#. He said he wa the one who quit because we had expectations of him that he couldn't meet. He isn't saying that we told him that he was fired.

Carpet to be installed next week!!!!!!! Tomorrow I will call to get furniture delivered. So this wekend my DH and DD will put in the baseboards and if time allows will do the chair railing. I don't like the curtains my DH picked out but sometimes you have to let them buy it and then see the mistake they made. So they are still in their packages.

We got, well my husband got, base boards and chair rail on three of the walls. I don't know why he didn't do chair rails on all walls and then base boards or visa versa but he's a man and you don't question a man when you can finally get a hammer in his hands. It really finishes them. I can't wait to get the carpeting in.

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i can't wait to see the finished product.
looking forward to pics.

In 1995 my DH was transferred back to Iowa from Ohio and we bought a house with a nightmare basement family room!

Orange/white/yellow/brown/black thick SHAG carpet and dark "sorta" wood panels.

The laundry room was leftover carpets glued down and pieced together like a puzzle.

We got the upstairs all redone but didn't want to put any money in the downstairs for awhile so just left it and stayed out of the area except to do laundry and run back upstairs!

DH got the word to transfer again and an older couple came to look at the house.

They fell in love with the basement and bought the house at asking price!

Keep us posted on your renovations; I know it can be a pain and a real stresser to a relationship.

Since then we have done several and survived!

DH finally learned to say the magic words.. "yes dear; you're right".

We worked long and hard on the base boards today. When we did the room 30 years ago my DH was very meticulous about making exact measurements and the cut outs were right on as far as vent covers, switch plates, etc. But today he just put the baseboards over all of them and said he would do the cut outs later when he had the energy. That means we would have to take that piece of base board off, buy another piece, and do the cut out and nail it back on. So now I have all the plug ins and air intake vent that will have to stay bare until he 'has the energy'. I know he is tired but I am to. The chair rail will also have to come off to make room for the switch plates when he has the energy. Plus the stupid builder 35 years ago put all the switch plates at different levels.

We are exhausted! Over my DH three day weekend we got most of the base board and chair rail up and did the framing around one door. We have three doors left and all three windows to do. We are using my Dads very old miter box and saw and part of it broke today. We are leaving off the chair rail on the wall that it's going to be such a tight fit to get the fuirniture around. We figure every inch available helps so no chair rail until it's in.

Then we swept, and swept and swept some more. I don't care how many times you sweep it always comes back! And I think we probbaly need to sweep down the walls again. When we sat on the concrete floor we would get drywall dust on out buts. Then if we touched a wall we had a butt print on the wall! You think you have all that dust up but it isn't. We have even wet mopped the floor three times. So the carpeting is up that was on the stairs and everything is ready for the carpeters Wednesday.

When we were in makeing the down payment on the carpet today my DH saw an area rup he liked. It would be about $150.But when i showed him one that cost $59 it was to expensive! I don't understand. I've just got to get him to take back the ugly drapes he bought!!!

I think I'm going to make a wish list, kind of like a wedding or baby registry and give it to people for Christmas presents. I'll even put a bow on it and put there name on it for Christmas. But I think that's the only way I will get the drapes I want!

What a wonderful idea!

I wish you luck with the reburbishing of your new room. From what you've told us about it here, it seems you're gunna need it.

I can't wait to see the "finished" photos.

I cannot wait for the final product! It looks so nice already!

WooHoo, looking good!!!!

The Christmas idea is a great one..