Came home to find my SIL and bro painting the living (arctic white instead of the nasty green we had when my parents bought the house). we ended up painting several coats on all the walls and most of the hallway except one wall in the living room (where tv and electronics are). My bro and I both work late tonight and tomorrow so SIL will be finishing what she can by herself.
i'm not one who is that picky about decor--probably bc it's my parents house (or at least it started out as theirs--bro and I pay all the expenses now) so I don't feel the need to "redo" or "claim" it as mine and do as I wish with it. SIL on the other hand...how do I say this....has taste for finer things....so she wanted to vamp up the house. Personally I don't mind...as long as it's improvements to the house and not chucking out ppls things to "de-clutter". It's one thing to ask one and help clean and organize and another to throw ppls stuff out (no matter what they are and functionality is bc u don't like it or see value or use for it) whether they are home or not. As I told her...do whatever you want but at least wait for mom and nicely go through her stuff with her and let her consider throwing things out and help her organize it all. We all know our elders are a bit of a pack-rat (some more than others=hoarders) but gotta be respectful to them and their things and feelings. Many times you have to respect their wishes and let them have their way. When you buy and have your own house then you can "tell" them what they can or cannot do/have. just my 2 cents on it.
On another note...as we were painting yesterday we were talking about the ugly stained and dirty carpet. I, personally, like hard wood floors. Anyway, SIL and I told my bro to ask the landlord (he works at the hospital with them--we sold the house to them) to see if they would consider getting us new carpet or if we find someone who can do it, they'd reimburse us for it. So he texted back this afternoon that since they're going to redo the siding later this spring they will put in new carpeting then as well! Whoohoo!!! So blessed! Can't wait to see the final renovations-which most likely won't be for a while.
