Well Christmas is over with

At least for me it is. Due to work schedules my family did celebrated Christmas this past Sunday. My sister, brother in law, niece and my mother all came in from Benton. Dad and step mom came over and we all had a nice late lunch together. We were only missing my other sister, her husband, and two kids.

Sorry for not updating on the renovation of the living room. Everything came together, some needed a little encouragement to fit right but everything is done except for refinishing the wood floors, that was earmarked as a later project.

Having a house full of people was somewhat difficult for me. I discovered my social anxiety has gotten worse, trying to listen to give different people asking or telling me something overwhelmed me. There was a moment I even fled my house to the shop to get away. I love my family and this shouldn't have happened.

Living room renovation, discontinued ceiling tiles

Walls are up and painting is finished. While dad is working on making the window and door facing I went ahead and worked on the ceiling. There is really nothing wrong with the ceiling tiles that are there except from the damage done to them from the panels being pulled from the walls. I liked the fresh clean look of the ceiling tiles that I put up in the kitchen, 12x12 interlocking Styrofoam tiles. They were $29 for a box of 64.

Yesterday I called the hardware store that had them to check to see if they still had them in stock. Found out that they have been discontinued due to the factory shutting down. They only had the pressed cardboard tiles which cost $32 for a box of 32. With Christmas coming up I rather not spend that much on tiles.

This wouldn't have been as much of a big deal if I hadn't already pulled down a third of the ceiling in the living room. Throwing away the tiles that had the damage and paint on them Cheapest option would be to paint the damage areas on the few tiles and make it blend in, replace the tiles I have left and to pull a few tiles from the hallway and replace those in the near future. Another option is to pull the rest of the ceiling and hope I have enough tiles from the hallway to replace all the damaged tiles. Third option is to bite the bullet and spend the money on the more expensive tiles.