Yes, I’m a hopeless home renovation addict. My latest project is fixing up the master bedroom and bath. I’m a little embarrassed to show pictures. For one, it’s a rather big bedroom. I think it’s larger than my old studio apartment in Manhattan. It’s smaller than any of the bedrooms on those house-hunting shows on HGTV, but big enough that I feel spoiled.

I also haven’t taken pictures, because the place is a disaster. Whoever did the addition back in the early 80’s cut a lot of corners. The moldings weren’t even properly nailed to the wall.  Instead of moving a window in the bathroom, he created a hallway. Who has a hallway in their bathroom? I do. He slapped on some incredibly tacky 80’s wallpaper on the drywall. Then built bookshelves on top of the wallpaper (try getting that off!) using unsanded wood (classy!). The ceiling is two different heights. Insane lighting system.

Everything is exactly the same as the day that we unpacked our boxes two years ago. No pictures on the wall. No new furniture. It’s a mess.

Sometime in the vague future, we’ll pay to have the bathroom and the bedroom make sense. In the meantime, I’m dealing with a doable project. Wallpaper removal and painting.

I’m off to IKEA to shop for a new medicine cabinet. Maybe there will be pictures and a reveal on Friday.