for want of a nail

It seems everything in this house causes a chain reaction. We wanted a refrigerator wider than 30 inches with water in the door…we had to move the pantry wall and patch the floor. I hate the broken-down, impossible to clean cabinet in the bathroom upstairs, but if we replace the cabinet, we have to replace the sink and the floor and the medicine cabinet and, boy, wouldn’t it be nicer to have tile?

It was dangerous when we decided to get a flat screen TV for the family room. Where would we put it? Above the fireplace? God, the fireplace drives me crazy. I don’t like fire. The balance of heat and cool gets off when we turn it on. What if we take out the fireplace? What will be behind it? There’s no floor under it. The floor in the rest of the room is not nice. And we have to remove the 2 built-in bookshelves, the TV stand and the desk. It has taken about a month, but we’re almost done. The fireplace is gone. There was drywall behind it. The walls have all been repainted a cheery color called Caramel Apple. The new summer maple laminate floor has been installed.

The TV is still not on the wall.

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