Naked Brick
So what's next? Well initially I was real into the idea of exposing some brick walls. I love exposed brick. But after all this plaster mess, dumpster hijinx and the fact that the best plaster walls in the house are exterior brick walls, I just don't think I have the heart to do it anymore. I'm sure it'd be great for my resale value but that's just too difficult and too superfluous to tackle right now. I don't even know which wall I'd do it on. Apparently the reason that became a trend was because it was more expensive to fix the damaged plaster than just leave it exposed.
There's too much other stuff to worry about, like putting up another ceiling in the back two rooms, insulating the upstairs, redoing all the electrical and replacing the galvanized pipes to the bathroom. Then there's the drywall, the floor sanding and figuring out what to do about my back wall thats rotted away on the addition. Don't even get me started on that wall. I just got an estimate on that from a general contractor and it's about twice what I thought it might be.
One deadline I need to try to meet is I'm going to have to clear out my storage space by December 1st or I'll be paying rent on that on top of my mortgage. No thanks. But thankfully I'm only working on one floor at a time. That's a really big relief. Big big relief. That and the fact that the basement need almost no work at all. I might just end up unloading the storage space and putting it all in my basement. We'll see.