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After tackling a list of smaller items -- replacing all the doorknobs and hinges, replacing all the light switches and electrical outlets, replacing two locks which required redrilling holes in the doors, installing a sweep and threshold for my front door that actually keep the cold air out, replacing a bifold closet door, replacing the grills for the HVAC vents -- I am almost ready to have the living room/dining room, hall and bedroom painted and then have new wood floors installed. I just need to find a color I like for the bedroom. I had picked out a nice shade of blue but after painting some posterboards with test paint and putting them on the walls, I've decided I like it in sunlight but not so much in lamplight.

Then the other night I realized -- the couple who live in the condo below me will be having a baby, their first child, in less than three weeks. It would be downright cruel to bring noisy contractors onto their ceiling right now. So I'm going to wait a couple-few months to let them get through the newborn stage, then I'll let them know what I'm planning. They have a ground floor condo and their bedroom is in their finished basement two floors below me, so most of the time I think they'd be insulated enough from the noise down there. But I think there will be at least a few days where the noise level might be loud enough for them to consider making plans to visit a friend or relative during the day while the work is happening.

In the meantime, I can obsess about blue paint.
Heh. Can't believe how long it's been since I posted this.

I did find a better shade of blue paint for the bedroom. But my job moved at the end of August (after 14 years working there; we were given less than a month notice, though upper level management knew for a long time that they were not going to renew our lease). This turned out to be much more of an upheaval than I expected, mostly due to many horrible aspects of the new office location. Then the job moved again a few months later, to a better area but with a longer commute. Then the holidays came. After months of stress I'm now finally settling into a new routine and feeling human again (though not happy about wasting time and gas money on the commute). While all this was going on, the downstairs neighbors had a baby girl, bought a house, moved out and rented their condo to a guy who likes to invite friends over to yell at sporting events on TV.

And so, I'm going to call a contractor this week to get an estimate for painting. I plan to call a painter who was recommended by the new parents who own the condo downstairs. She's a realtor, and I trust her, so I expect that the painter she normally works with is a good one. If the cost estimate is good and they can do the work soon, I'll go with them. Then I hope to go straight into getting the new floors.

After that, the only big project remaining is the bathroom renovation.

Good luck with the kitchen, Irulan. What is a KBD?