Goodbye Stucco ~ It's Been Nice....

First off let me just say

that I am not a DIYer

you will not click on this blog and find loads of before and after shots

because I am good at the before

the doing and after parts are lacking

so with that little disclaimer out of the way I will move along

so......

remember the end of January

and I was on vacation

and it was so cold that I did not want to get out of my jammies

or leave the house for necessities like

bread, milk or wine??

well ~ I hinted around that same time that I had a project

that I thought I may tackle 

if I was feeling brave

or foolish ~ pick one ~ it doesn't really matter

and also I feel that must mention our house was

built in 1974

so the basement was finished by the original owners in the 70's

are you following me

do you know where I am going??

one of my pet peeves when it comes to this house is the rec room

the place where we spend most of our time

it is where I am typing this post in front of the tv

on my big comfy couch

adjacent to the rec room is what we call the craft room

when I used to craft and create

and it has also been known as the catch all room

you see where I am going now ~ right

so we have talked the last couple of years of what we are going to do down here

other than call Fox to see if they wanted their set back

for a That 70's Show re-boot

we talked about gutting it and starting fresh

but then we realized $$$

so maybe put something over top of the existing treatment

but then all the electrical would have to be built out to accommodate it

or attempt to remove the stucco and see what we have to work with

easy peasy ~ right?

while I was on vacation armed with a spray bottle of hot water

and a putty knife I moved some things out of the way

and went to work

no ~ I did not pack anything up

cover anything or have proper ventilation

I moved things out of the way

dumb dumb dumb dumb

so here is a quick before shot to see what I was up against

yup ~ all it's thick swirly goodness

like frosting

silly me thought if I was wetting it down

it would not create dust

that it was soak in the water

and I could scrape it off

wrong again ~ you would think that I would use this computer

for research before starting a project

so the good news I did 1 1/2 walls on my own

and then stood back and said

"what have I done"

then Trev came home and said

oh ~ you are removing the panelling too

yes I am!

so yesterday we went back at it

yes ~ 4 weeks later because that is how we roll

I did pack up a lot of things before we started again 

and I have visions of the finished product already

we left off here because I did not have the time or the energy 

to empty the pantry cupboard to move it out of the way

we are going to have someone come in now and give us a quote

to do the seams and such as the drywall was installed

horizontally instead of vertically

we figure a good skim coat should get us paint ready

then I can pull up the carpet

and pick flooring and a paint colour

then we can also see if this was all worth it

before we venture to....

the other side.....

Hope you are having a fantabulous weekend!