The ceiling needs one more coat of paint, there are some spots that need touching up on the walls, the new carpet hasn't gone in yet, and I'm replacing the light fixtures, but I think aside from the kitchen, this is the most night and day transformation in the house to date. Thanks to Rich, Jen, Mary, and Connie for helping Ang and I knock this one out yesterday.

Before: dark paneling, poor lighting, and just plain shitty.


After: Bright white, and well-lit. Yeah, it's super god damn white, and I may put a splash of color on one of the walls, but check this shit out.


Of note: the bare bulb ceiling fixtures are temporary, as I mentioned. But the closer one in the photo was wired to a switch that you had to walk halfway into the basement to get to, and the far fixture was found tucked up into the joists (WTF??) when I tore the suspended ceiling out. It was not wired to any switch. It occurred to me that it made sense to have both lights wired to the basement entry switch that controlled the wall lights, and the time to do it was running out with the ceiling going in shortly. The hour or two of work it took was well worth the added light and added convenience. One more ponderous thing in the house unfuckified with a little thing called common sense.