Remodeling

                               Remodeling 

People of all sorts, whether it’s Chinese, Canadian, Japanese, American or French, live by each day in houses that are very familiar. They live past every month and year without “looking” at the house. It is true that the people can see the house and they know where every room is (bedroom, basement, kitchen or washroom). Some can even walk from room to room with blindfolds on. When turning on the television, who would inspect the wall paint? Does it peel or stick? If taking a shower, will any eyes wander off to look at the tiles on the ground, or the sink? When plugging in an iPhone in an outlet (to charge) will the trim be noticed?

For some time, my family lived in our home happily, until we decided that our house was in bad condition and we needed ... remodeling.

Most people will search through advertisements, trying to find the perfect remodeler. Then they pay them loads of money for one room. Our family didn’t want to go to such expense so we did it ourselves. My dad jumped to the job himself. He started on the doors and finished in no time. He thought, Wow! This is easy! After that he continued on one of the bedrooms. He thought that remodeling the bedroom would be just as easy as the doors. After two days of working in the room, making little to no progress, he was gasping and extremely relieved, whenever he was out the room. The room was a disaster after he took off the carpet. There was sawdust everywhere. Time passed and he removed closet doors and the base trim’s shoe. It seemed to get worse and worse each day.

Strangely after some more weeks passed, things began to look better. The wall paint was off, the hard floor was smoother and the base trim’s shoe was gone. It was coming towards the end of the preparation and everyone was happy. Only the finishing touches to the “stripping down” stage were needed. The floor needed to be sanded a few more times, so did the wall and ceiling. Seeing this, we were all satisfied with all we’ve got so far.

Suddenly, as quick as the transformation, the progress began to slow a whole lot. Not a lot of painting was getting done, unless painting the newly bought closet door counted. The cheap light, light switch and outlet remained. The only difference was that the hard floor was completely smooth. All that was being done was going shopping for paint, base trim’s shoe, light and other accessories. Also newspapers were being stuck on windowsills, door trims, etc., getting ready for paint. These times were dark and gloomy.

Finally, after one month, it was done. The hard floor was painted and so was the wall. The closet was brand new and the trim was in place, beautifully.  We changed the light and the room was illuminated in warmness. We referred to the previous room and were amazed by the result. As they always say, HARD WORK PAYS OFF!!