Where I splurged: Granite kitchen counters and $6-a-square-foot hexagonal black-and-white tiles for the master bath. What I would do differently: Devise a game plan and do things in a logical order, rather than whatever we felt like doing that day. Biggest challenge: Getting rid of 100 years’ worth of paint. Between the exterior and interior moldings and the doors and floors,
I thought the sanding would never end. How I solved it: To keep motivated, I tried
to look at only the area that I was able to finish rather than at everything else that had to be done. Seeing progress helps keep you going.
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