What I'm suprised at, Nick, is that your daughters aren't royally peeved with you for waiting until they were teenagers to finally build them a stage. You go! You nipped that Toddlers in Tiaras syndrome in..the..bud!

I have a dumb question. You said the walls were textured. What kind of textured drywall surface is it that can be sanded it after it's primed (or ever)?

Oh, now I think I know. There's a contractor involved, right? So he charged you extra to texture the walls and now he's gonna charge you again to sand the texture off, so they'll be nice and smooth. I start a 4 week surface rehab project Tuesday and I'm gonna see if I can work in those line items. Brilliant!


Always call the place you live a house. When you're old, everyone else will call it a home.