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The Ugly Truths – Our Baseboard Situation

September 21, 2016 by Ashley Mayes 10 Comments

Happy Wednesday Friends! I missed posting on Monday but I just couldn’t make myself write over the weekend. Sometimes, the writing portion of blogging is hard for me. It definitely doesn’t come naturally. When I’m not feeling a post, it’s just better for me to take off a few days. Today, I want to share another installment of The Ugly Truths. This time the Ugly Truths is all about Our Baseboard Situation. 

If you have no idea what I’m talking about when I say “The Ugly Truths,” it’s basically me pointing out things in our house/life/projects that didn’t work; things that are so real-life and relatable. I know you all come here for projects and room reveals and I’m so glad you do! But, today, let’s just take a moment and celebrate the messy ugly truths that are in our lives.

Eclectic, Mid-Century Inspired Living Room

Do you spy anything unusual about the baseboards? How about that the room doesn’t have baseboards? Ha!

How about here?

rug pads that actually work

When we had our flooring installed in April, we didn’t have the money or energy to install baseboards. We had a few of the baseboard pieces laying around though, so I’ve been moving those pieces to get shots of our rooms.

Remember when we did the One Room Challenge and revealed, or did a partial reveal, of our master bedroom?

Minimal Mid-Century Modern Master Bedroom

That baseboard is just sitting there. I had to move it like five times during the reveal so that I could shoot the room with baseboards.

How about our recent living room?

Blue Couch and shag rug with grey walls

Yep, moved it again. Oh, and another funny thing – do you spy the thing that shouldn’t be in the photo?

Hilarious!

So, that’s the The Ugly Truths – The Baseboard Situation. Things aren’t perfect over here and rooms take time/money. I move things in photographs to have less distractions and be more visually interesting… not to hide the real truth of what we live in. But, the real truth can be pretty funny.

If you want to read more Ugly Truth posts:

 The DIYS That Were Tossed

 The Dining Room Reno Zone

 Keep Plants Alive

The Ugly Truths

There’s been a lack of DIY projects over here. We had a water issue in the kitchen and have been trying to wrap that space up in general.

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  1. Cassie Bustamante

    September 21, 2016 at 6:48 am

    i couldn’t love this post anymore…. ours are all scratched up because the primer that will stick to any surface really doesn’t stick to any surface. UGH. so i painted half of them before that little discovery.

    Reply
    • Ashley Mayes

      September 22, 2016 at 1:50 pm

      Gotta keep it real!

      Reply
  2. [email protected]

    September 21, 2016 at 8:02 am

    That is too funny but totally relatable 😉 I can spy it now in the one shot with the door but totally didn’t notice before

    Reply
    • Ashley Mayes

      September 22, 2016 at 1:50 pm

      The things we do for pictures, right?!

      Reply
  3. Charlotte

    September 21, 2016 at 8:54 am

    Love it! Sometimes it’s nice to know I’m not the only one struggling to get everything in a space put together!

    Reply
    • Ashley Mayes

      September 22, 2016 at 1:50 pm

      You are definitely not the only one struggling with that!

      Reply
  4. Carol @ CAD INTERIORS

    September 22, 2016 at 11:48 am

    You hit the nail on the head. Rooms take time and money (and energy!) to come together. We went baseboard-less for over two years until our new hardwood floors went in. It’s such a tedious process filling those nail holes, caulking the gaps, etc. It’s natural for us to see all the things that still need to be done within our homes, but guests probably (hopefully) don’t focus on that stuff! Your floors are gorgeous and all your rooms are coming together SO beautifully!

    Reply
    • Ashley Mayes

      September 22, 2016 at 1:52 pm

      Two years? I’ll probably be there. =) Seriously though, it’s so tedious. I think I’m going to challenge myself to go room by room and just knock it out. We shall see though. Thanks for the encouragement!

      Reply
  5. Stephanie @ Casa Watkins Living

    September 22, 2016 at 7:42 pm

    HA!! Love it! Vacuum and all. I know you will have it done great. You are always going over and beyond with your renos. 🙂

    Reply
    • Ashley Mayes

      September 29, 2016 at 11:22 am

      I know, can you believe I never noticed the vacuum when I was taking pictures? Seriously, major blogger fail but kinda funny.

      Reply

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