The "light" certainly came on with this project. We've really "flipped" things around now. The results are definitely "electrifying". I... oh, hold on, I think the bad pun police are here to arrest me...
Now that I've gotten that out of my system, we can move on. From the first time we even looked at this house, I knew I hated these light switches:
I'm not sure who decides to put switches in like this. I can only assume that the people that lived here previously had giant-sized hands that made using a normal light switch impossible. But, because they were functional, we kept them as-is despite my strong hate for them. But as we started repainting the house last week, we replaced some of them. And I realized something as a few more got replaced - it started to make this house seem more like I was living in "my home", rather than having taken over ownership of another person's house. So, today I decided to change the rest - and all without turning the power off (I only shocked myself throughout this whole process twice... but I don't seem to have any lasting effects, though. I only shocked myself throughout this whole process twice... but I don't seem to have any lasting effects, though. I only shocked myself throughout this whole process twice... but I don't seem to have any lasting effects, though). Why does someone do this without turning the power on? Because they are not smart. Regardless, we finally have gotten rid of all the switches that I've hated, with normal looking ones like this:
And, even though it was just something small, I feel even more comfortable in my own home. Combine that with the fact that we've, over the years, replaced most of the carpet with newer carpet or wood flooring, finally painted (almost) every room, completely redone both full bathrooms, and replaced the kitchen counters - and this more and more feels like I'm living in my own house. Now we just need to take care of this room at some point:
And boy do we have plans for this room. For starters, the cabinets we purchased for our failed breakfast bar will be replacing these hideously ugly cabinets. And we'll be finally peeling down this wallpaper (easily only the third ugliest wallpaper that was in this house when we moved into it) and painting it the color of our living room. We'll probably be replacing the yellow sink and toilet in the adjoining half bathroom as well:
But while the cabinets and painting will probably happen soon, the replacement of these two items will have to wait a while, most likely. But man, can I not wait to get rid of those things - next to the pink toilet we once had in our house, this is easily the ugliest toilet I've ever seen. As I type all this, it gets me thinking - who buys a house with a pink toilet, a yellow toilet, a kitchen with ugly counters, and hideous wallpaper in half the rooms? Us, I guess :)
Now that I've gotten that out of my system, we can move on. From the first time we even looked at this house, I knew I hated these light switches:
I'm not sure who decides to put switches in like this. I can only assume that the people that lived here previously had giant-sized hands that made using a normal light switch impossible. But, because they were functional, we kept them as-is despite my strong hate for them. But as we started repainting the house last week, we replaced some of them. And I realized something as a few more got replaced - it started to make this house seem more like I was living in "my home", rather than having taken over ownership of another person's house. So, today I decided to change the rest - and all without turning the power off (I only shocked myself throughout this whole process twice... but I don't seem to have any lasting effects, though. I only shocked myself throughout this whole process twice... but I don't seem to have any lasting effects, though. I only shocked myself throughout this whole process twice... but I don't seem to have any lasting effects, though). Why does someone do this without turning the power on? Because they are not smart. Regardless, we finally have gotten rid of all the switches that I've hated, with normal looking ones like this:
And, even though it was just something small, I feel even more comfortable in my own home. Combine that with the fact that we've, over the years, replaced most of the carpet with newer carpet or wood flooring, finally painted (almost) every room, completely redone both full bathrooms, and replaced the kitchen counters - and this more and more feels like I'm living in my own house. Now we just need to take care of this room at some point:
And boy do we have plans for this room. For starters, the cabinets we purchased for our failed breakfast bar will be replacing these hideously ugly cabinets. And we'll be finally peeling down this wallpaper (easily only the third ugliest wallpaper that was in this house when we moved into it) and painting it the color of our living room. We'll probably be replacing the yellow sink and toilet in the adjoining half bathroom as well:
But while the cabinets and painting will probably happen soon, the replacement of these two items will have to wait a while, most likely. But man, can I not wait to get rid of those things - next to the pink toilet we once had in our house, this is easily the ugliest toilet I've ever seen. As I type all this, it gets me thinking - who buys a house with a pink toilet, a yellow toilet, a kitchen with ugly counters, and hideous wallpaper in half the rooms? Us, I guess :)
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