Im actually starting to think Abby doesn't see this house as a forever home anymore
She doesn't seem satisfied or settled in the home. I'm actually getting whiplash from all the manic and rushing decorating she is doing. 2 months she has been in there are so far:
- Plaster skimmed parts of the house
- put polystyrene wallpaper in the hallway
- redo of the kitchen tiles from original to stick on tiles to tile paint
- repainted the kitchen cupboards twice
- knocked down a cupboard wall in bedroom and looking into getting a 'bespoke' IKEA wardrobe fitted
- priced £6k on carpets/flooring for a 2 bed house that will be a luxury scratching post to 4 cats
- ordered too big a sofa
- ordered reflective window stickers that didn't work
- looked into purchasing derelict land behind the garden for no reason
- bought another fake olive tree
- bought countless Nik nacks for 'decor' while the house is still needing foundation level decorating (it's like putting the cherry on top of cake batter)
- childishly painting any white skirting/doors etc black
- made a "pantry" in the boiler cupboard
- bought a new cat to bring into the chaos
Have I missed anything else? Lol
2 months into buying my 1st home (which was 12 years old and TBH in good condition despite some botched DIY jobs done by the previous owner), I had a shower installed as there was only 1x bath, painted the house white to get a blank canvas to see what I could work with, had my sofas delivered (which I measured beforehand to make sure they would fit lol), bought a new fridge and washing machine, tidied up the garden, bought a shed, a new front door (changed the locks the first day) and planned a 5 year plan for the house based off living in it for those 2 months (i.e new windows, decor, carpets/flooring, new bathroom etc).
I felt I accomplished alot in the first 8 weeks too!
I took my time, planned and did things correctly. I watched alot of YouTube videos on how to do things I didn't know and made sure I completed something before moving onto the next.
The rule of thumb people say is get the main bedroom done completely first as it's generally the easiest/quickest, as that will be your safe haven from all the Reno work going on in the rest of the house that will take longer.
She can't even see one thing through to the end in that house before jumping onto the next thing.