still busy

Yes, it's been a while since my last post again.

I'm moved in the new house, but still not finish
renovating. My son's room is still a construction 

site. It began quite poetically...


My son has helped me. We took the wallpaper 

down.

The wallpaper took the plaster down at some 

spots.

And at some other spots it's even worse!! 

The nightmare began for me...
The more I worked in that room, the more 

weird things I found.

Not only cracks are everywhere, but also the 

wall is slant. I don't know, how to describe it. 

Maybe you can see the very light difference on 

the door's bottom and upper side in this photo. 

Well, it's nothing!!


I was shock to see the left side of the door (the 

wall is flush with the door frame on the bottom).


The ceiling is not only bumpy, I thought, it would 

fall down, once I touch it. I saw more cracks!

Behind the old plaster, the wall is crumbling. No 

wonder it keeps getting new cracks. The previous 

tenant must have renovate several times. 

At some spots one can see up to four different kinds

of plasters.

And sometimes they just plaster over the old wallpaper.

I was really frustrated!! Didn't know, where to

start. I have never done plastering before (I only

remember, how the worker has done it, as they

built my parent's house 27 years ago) and I didn't

have the money to let an expert do it for me. So

I kept procrastinating it till 3 weeks ago. The other

reason, why I procrastinated, was because I knew

from the start, that I can't make it perfect. Ouch!!

Me and my perfectionism...!!!

I'll show you how, it looks like once the room is

ready. Right now it's only dusty in there. I'm 

finished with plastering and just started to

sand the walls. It was not easy to start, but I have

to say, that I love plastering (hate sanding though).

Oh, remember my passion to see faces everywhere?

I have to show you this one :)