For the record, Corypheus and Lucky are not entirely inexperienced in home renovation. To wit, when Corypheus took possession of the condo back in 2002, there were many improvements to be made.

First, cleaning the filthy brown carpets, ably handled by Lackey:

During this process, we noticed the dehumidifier, left by the previous owner to lurk ominously in a corner of the basement.

Also sinister in their presence and number were the 27(!) air fresheners. Ummm….

As you can see, Lackey takes pride in a job well done.

The carpet was so clean, even Meckie sat on it!

Then, painting, painting, painting.

The cats were very clearly stressed by the process.

Some serious kitchen issues required immediate attention:

– Wood-colored vinyl veneer on the cabinets with vintage almond appliances.

– And matching wood veneer half-wall.

My buddy-pal Grandlackey took care of this one. ♥

– Linoleum, undeserving of a comment.

Oh, and the bathroom. Ugh. Too awful for there even to be extant photos. This required a several-week remodel supervised very graciously by Lackey, who never mentioned having to pee in the sink for the 3 days we didn’t have modern conveniences.

Lackey, please be careful fixing the washer’s shimmy!

The brown carpets were replaced with hardwood. Chuckles & Santa tiled the basement floor in a natty checkerboard. Both sadly during residency, so there are no photos of this.

As usual, the cats were still very concerned.

Chuckles painted the kitchen cabinets fire engine red, and also replaced the linoleum (ugh) with lovely black & white tile with Santa.

Then Lucky and friend did a complete kitchen demo in preparation for an Ikea upgrade.

Los dos banditos, Suertudo y Mandona, installed a frosted glass door in the basement to turn it into a real room.

Lucky installed a new washer-dryer when the shimmy returned irrevocably. Without electrocuting himself (see? I told you he was lucky).

The furnace died a month after our wedding, making for a very cold and sad November while we waited a month (a MONTH!) for someone (anyone? please?) to find and install our out-of-production, special apartment-sized (read: impossible-to-find) model.

The cats, meanwhile, well….

Which got us to this point.

A mere 6 years later.

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