(Steph writing)

So in addition to the problems with the upstairs bathroom floor, the walls need some attention too. They were covered in this awful cheap vinyl stuff. When we (Steve) pulled that off, here was what we found:

Someone's half job. The lower part of the wall is original wood planks, and the upper part is drywall.

Now Steve thought we should just cover it up as is and use wainscoating to hide the disparity between top and bottom. I suggested that perhaps we would regret that decision one day, should we ever decide to do away with the wainscoating only to think 'curses! I wish we'd done it right the first time...'

Luckily, I went out for a few hours and then came home to this:



Empty walls!

I guess the threat of more work in the future was worse than the threat of more work now. I don't think we'll (he'll) regret it.