Wait, so that's the last step?

Picking out door and window trim meant all that was left was getting the baseboards in, and guess what I spent this weekend doing? That’s right, trying to find an excuse not to do the baseboards. 

But none were to be found, and we got one step closer to calling this project done. “But wait,” you’re thinking, “weren’t the baseboards all that was left?” Yes and no.

Yes b/c that was the last step in the initial plan, but like anything else, the initial plan has a tendency to change. So while this is almost done, there are new next steps to finish.

I'm too old to keep moving furniture around.

We picked a very simple trim to match the doors and windows but it was still not without its issues. I had to move the coaxial box a little higher (still kicking myself for how that came together), move a couple of door stops, and pull a handful of nails before all the walls were ready. But once they were things were pretty easy. At this point cutting miters and nailing trim seems pretty simple compared to everything else.  

Again, looking so much better not even 100% finished.

So that’s about it; walls are done, trim is in, tv is up, things are pretty much in their final form. Things still need to be caulked, I’m planning on tiling the fireplace, and the wife is talking about trying a spray texture, but things are pretty much how they’re going to be. And I have to say, I love it. I'd love it even more if the cable kept working but whatever. It’s not perfect, but we did it all for under two grand, counting the tv (but not the couch). I will take some slight imperfections and a savings of several thousand dollars over having had someone do this for us. Plus, I got a lot of mileage out of having something physical to do this spring/summer.

Totally worth it.