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Older houses are fun to renovate
(beehaw.org)
I appreciate a creative use of scrap lumber as much as the next person, but jeez. I'm getting tired of floating sistered joists and framing.
Ugh, this is it entirely. And then add to the 15 that the final product is going to require imperfections to make it look like it fits the rest of the space.
Our ceilings are made for someone shorter than six feet tall, but our cabinets have spots that my 6'8" friend has to go on his toes to reach. Cabinet logic in old houses is bizarre.
You need some of those rolling ladders like in old timey libraries.