Because sometimes there is no other way to describe it than with the stats:
2 baths
1 hallway
1 balcony
1 balcony
4 - times we called in our contractor after promising him we were done calling him in
1% - the amount of all the work we did that we actually planned to do at the beginning of the project
22 - times we looked at each other in disbelief and wondered how we got into this situation
1000% - how pleased we are that we did it all now and can check the entire upstairs off our list
2 - number of feet you could walk into the office before running into furniture and having to turn around during the height of the construction
9 - number of times we high fived over the heavy duty abilities of our whole-house central vac system
2 types of carpet
2 types of tile
2 colors of grout
1 type of countertop, toilet
X 2, sink x 3, sink faucet x 3, and bath faucet x 2
8 colors of paint, including ceiling, closet, primer, trim, and walls
3 different paint finishes
2 types of cabinet pulls
2 types of doorknobs
5 unique light fixtures across 10 locations
1 HUGE design project
12 gallons of paint-like materials piled up in the garage, waiting a trip to the toxic dump
6,472 trips to the hardware store
24,891 nail holes that were scraped, filled in, sanded, and painted over amongst all the trim
100% of popcorn ceilings removed
100% of the trim upstairs that's now brand new, including all baseboard, windows, door frames, and crown moulding
14 - original doors that were sanded, cleaned, primed twice, painted twice, and reinstalled with new hardware
1 plumbing-related catastrophe
1 emergency plumbing repair
30 outlet and light switch guts replaced
30 new outlet and light switch covers replaced
10 - weeks the garage was too full of remodeling debris for N to fit his truck in
30 - wheelbarrow trips N took from the garage to the curb to load up the dumpster before pick up
30 - wheelbarrow trips N took from the garage to the curb to load up the dumpster before pick up
1 - extra dumpster bag we quickly realized we would need to fit it all in
105 - days from very start to finish
Phew!
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