Home Interior: Townhouse

Into year two, with still lots to do . . . <br /><br />My husband and I bought a fixer-upper in 2009, a (potentially) cute townhouse we have lovingly called "The Townhouse Gallery"--more on why later.  We<em> plan</em> to live here only while I earn my PhD, so it is key that we get on with the fix-y part.  But time really flies when you're knee-deep in wood dust and broken tile.  In a year we have really turned things around but we are definitely not done.  I'm so happy to have baseboards, I've only recently begun to think about decorating!<br /><br />I want to share our experiences, with the greedy and self-serving intention of getting some great advice and comments.  In exchange, I promise to chronicle our jounrney honestly, sharing some of the things we (unfortunately) learned by trial and error.  I love tips and strategies from anecdotal evidence and not theory.  As in, "in theory, this grout should be a perfect consistency if you follow the instructions to the letter".  I want to know what <em>actually</em> can happen.<br /><br />First, something pretty . . . <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLyZC6MC5iJOXhuAAaGNrlBG_NgEAen5HngQjqC-MvTI3HlJ_oXKu1MWBjVKgpjai6T8mvnSduo_73BHaVlzM4FNaIExW62GCA2T5LGv-wd9uaLuXH2MKbYperrkQ7TpgEPM91yLPGacU/s1600/P1000357.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLyZC6MC5iJOXhuAAaGNrlBG_NgEAen5HngQjqC-MvTI3HlJ_oXKu1MWBjVKgpjai6T8mvnSduo_73BHaVlzM4FNaIExW62GCA2T5LGv-wd9uaLuXH2MKbYperrkQ7TpgEPM91yLPGacU/s400/P1000357.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I took this picture of our wedding flowers-also D.I.Y.ed</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE59v5p_7EoM9aeivbbo7rw-pEIRgp9W_bbpGAWTcnBLLpPauWjW0iAMnRgVkt5WY0yuOKrZWMdGginFdQsL2WsI8A8Kqq4K_148LfJH3ZO0l3k5MJf0BoCS42VcL6Y3d72MtCLK1wErI/s1600/P1030270.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE59v5p_7EoM9aeivbbo7rw-pEIRgp9W_bbpGAWTcnBLLpPauWjW0iAMnRgVkt5WY0yuOKrZWMdGginFdQsL2WsI8A8Kqq4K_148LfJH3ZO0l3k5MJf0BoCS42VcL6Y3d72MtCLK1wErI/s400/P1030270.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Main bath - yikes.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />. . . Before things get ugly<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

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Into year two, with still lots to do . . . My husband and I bought a fixer-upper in 2009, a (potentially) cute townhouse we have lovingly ca...