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1 BEFORE: There were (non-functioning) intercoms built in to almost every room in the house, screaming "70's!".
2 BEFORE: Besides being ugly and useless, the intercoms really interfered with placement of furniture and artwork.
3 So we ripped 'em out!
4 Quite sizeable hole in the kitchen!
5 Fortunately Gary is a good drywaller.
6 The hole in the study was a bit more of a challenge because the walls are plywood paneling.
7 But he managed!
8 There were a multitude of cracks in the ceiling and cracks in the walls. Plus repairs needed from removal of the (non-functioning) security system.
9 Dents and dings and scrapes and poor previous workmanship all needing to be addressed.
10 Application, drying, sanding, reapplication, redrying, resanding, reapplication, redrying, and so on and so on and so on.
11 Every room, every wall...
12 After the drywalling was done came the priming.
13 And finally the painting!
14 The north wall in the living room went from a light bluish gray to a deep cerulean blue.
15 The rest of the living room went from light bluish-gray to a pale peach.
16 Kitchen went from yellow, which was completely out of sync with everything else in the kitchen, to gray, which matches the tile grout and complements the granite counter tops and black cabinetry.
17 That high ceiling makes painting the walls tough!
18 The hallway and stairwell stayed a light grayish blue, but still had to be repainted because of all the repairs.
19 Master bedroom and the walk-in closet went from a grayish blue to a deeper gray-blue.
20 The family room went from a light gray-blue to a deeper gray-blue (same color as master bedroom).
21 The study went from the light gray-blue, which I thought had been a little incongruous with the textured wood paneling, to a creamy latte.
22 The office went from a pale gray to the same deep cerulean as the living room accent wall.
23 Before: a strange "box" built into the stairwell wall for no apparent reason.
24 After: Painted it wall color and trimmed it out to blend in as much as possible.
25 Before: No stairwell railing.
26 After: Cut, stained, polyurethaned, and mounted a handrail.
27 Before: None of the closets had vertical trim pieces at the edges.
28 After: trimmed out.
29 Another closet without vertical trim at the sides.
30 Painted and trimmed.
31 Before: Guest room closet interior was dark paneling, with mis-matched rails and only one shelf. The doors (removed) were hollow core bypass doors that were just hanging from the top rail and not secured in a floor track.
32 Painted the closet interior, installed a new matching rod, and added a shelf.
33 Moved the bifold doors from the office closet to the guest room closet, which required redoing the door frame.
