We sort of did the same thing the last two years. Putting 3 kids through college, we didn't do much with the house for a number of years. It started with a kitchen reno...then DS announced his engagement and we jumped into gear to redo the rest of the main level knowing lots of friends and family would be coming. The wedding was last April...and I still need to do some accessorizing...so hard to pick things. We are nearing retirement and will sell in a few years and I felt the same way...I wanted to enjoy the house and not just fix it up to sell.

Have fun....it will be such a sense of accomplishment when it's done and you will love it every time you walk through the door. Post pics when you finish!

How exciting for you to make all these changes. And very wise to do it now and enjoy it instead of making it just so to sell.

Did you remove the wallpaper or hire it out? Last year when I removed some wallpaper, in one room it removed like a dream and the other was a struggle. Fortunately, the struggle was the smaller room.

The project we have planned this year is siding and probably the roof. All I'll be required to do is pick the colors. I like that kind of project.

YAY Gibby! I only removed wallpaper once, it wasn't fun. Now of course I think I might like some in another space.

I think we're in the same spot! Lots to do here, hoarding DH, and we're thinking of selling eventually. I'd like to take 3 years, DH would like to do it sooner. That's the only thing I can use to get him to get some of this stuff done.

Beth P.

I paid someone to remove it - not cheap by any means but well worth it in my opinion. I considered doing the bathroom but not the vaulted foyer. Then I realized there's no way I'm going to allocate the time to do this. I've been removing border and painting at our weekend lake place and that's taken me years to get done.

Speaking of hoarding husbands:
My husband collects sports cards and other sports related junk. Sorry that's judgemental, I should use a nice neutral word like stuff.

No exaggeration when I say part of his collection fills a bedroom closet. The kind with double sliding doors, so what, 5 feet wide maybe?

In addition to a few things on display, I also have boxes under beds and in other closets. Drives. Me. Crazy.

Whenever I think I have too much of my own stuff I only need to open that closet. But I avoid it. I keep giving away my extra stuff - books, housewares, clothes - and I try not to think about his stuff. He'll have to deal with it when the time comes to downsize.

I'm going to really start purging my own stuff - have been doing a little here and there. My fear though is that his stuff will expand to fill the space I've vacated.....