Our rooster room was SO bad we just had to celebrate it. But then it wasn’t a room I had to see everyday either.

Punctilious, I’ll see that baby poop brown room and raise you an acid green one painted with one coat, the majority of which appears to have been wiped on with a rag… then topped with a border featuring red cabbage roses. Two years I’ve been looking at that. Two long years. But the end is near…..

The kitchen had the 50′s gilt star-pattern formica in a lovely pale green and gold on all of the countertops, which complemented the standard beige checkered linoleum nicely. Both of these contrasted with the fire-hydrant-yellow cabinets and the wallpapered ceiling that was originally a cream color (but had faded with years of cigarette smoke to a dingy mustard color), liberally decorated with enormous polka dots in all three primary colors.

Down the lime green-painted hallway (with attractive mahogany hardwood floors), one would find the living room, again done in the fire-hydrant yellow and brown with a natural rock fireplace. Up the stairs (again, lime green, but with dark green carpet), one would find the upstairs area, painted rose-petal pink if one went left and the same lavender color as Kate’s background if one went right….all with the same dark green carpet.

I was working the fire crew that summer, when they had a new guy move in with his wife and two daughters. She took one look at the outside of that house, went inside, and came out to have a quiet word with her husband. He came over to us and said, “Boys, here’s the deal. We’re moving in here in 3 weeks. You have until then to finish everything on her list she’s writing now.” We got it all done, and it looked very nice afterwards if I do say so myself – we even redid his lawn. lol

To make matters worse, one wall of the kitchen had wallpaper with pictures of grapes, peaches and lemons on it. Again, no idea why.

Good job! Especially since you haven’t been feeling so hot lately.