Before we started our renovations, we didn't plan to do much to the basement guest room: maybe a little paint, installing some blinds for the window. My wife, Jenn, thought we'd buy a bench to put at the end of the bed for linen storage.

Then 演示第一天 happened. 不到一个小时，很明显，悦博体育离油漆还有几周的时间。 为了作画，你需要墙壁。

为了更换悦博体育1941年修复工程中的镀锌管，悦博体育的承包商不得不进入这些管道，这悦博体育要拆掉天花板和墙壁。 We didn't realize that the main water shut-off 和 the main electrical box was in the guest room 和 most of the pipes ran through the ceiling of our basement. And it wasn't just the walls 和 ceiling they needed to tear out — when you're pulling out walls; you're also pulling up your baseboards 和 any ceiling molding. Repairing all of that wasn't in our original cost estimate.

悦博体育感到无助，因为悦博体育被指示拆掉越来越多的东西来更新悦博体育的管道。 （游戏邦注：正如悦博体育之前提到的，为了省钱，悦博体育自己完成了所有演示内容）这是一种必要的罪恶。 We tried to keep our eye on the prize… at the end of all of this; 悦博体育已经更新了管道，这是防止管道漏水的很好的保险。

The silver lining to ripping open the ceiling — we had our electrician install a couple of can lights which was a nice upgrade from the flush ceiling fixture the previous owner had installed in the 70s. 三个罐子的下降位置似乎给房间一个更好的深度感。 这并不在最初的预算中，但这几百美元是值得的。

We are almost four weeks into our renovation 和 I'm happy to report that we're a little closer to picking out paint colors.

We've got walls, people! It's the little things…

Check out the below video where I walk through the guest bedroom post demo…

泰勒·戴维斯·琼斯（Tyler Davis Jones）是西雅图温德米尔（Windermere）的一名房地产经纪人，他和妻子珍（Jenn）最近卖掉了他们在市中心的公寓，买了一套上世纪40年代的待修房屋。 泰勒和珍在一些非常慷慨的朋友和家人的帮助下，自己承担了所有的装修工作。 你可以在Windermere博客或网站上跟踪这个转变过程 Tyler’s website 和 Instagram.

下周的博客内容是：把悦博体育的壁炉抬起来