Raze: tear down completely.
Restore: repair or renovate; bring back; return.
Welcome!
I've created this blog for two reasons. First, to document the renovation of my new (old) condo, and secondly, to have a platform to ponder the process of renovating in the context of my new life as an unattached woman.
The words "raze" and "restore" work both literally and figuratively for this blog. I'm tearing down walls, ripping out carpet and sub-floor, and building them back up again. More figuratively, it's time for a fresh start. While daunting at times, I'm excited to be breaking down old walls and rebuilding a solo identity.
Two side notes:
For those of you who are particular about semantics, I realize that "raze" might be heavy-handed. After all, the new (old) condo can't be completely destroyed (despite the awful peach and forest green exterior colour scheme).
And to give credit where it's due: I'M not doing all of the work myself. That would be ridiculous as my way of measuring is "a pinch of this or that", and I can't always see the forest through the trees. So, I'm getting help. Lots of it. Especially from MLR, who is visionary and kind.
I'll leave this first post with one image of me amongst the sub-floor detritus.
More photos of the demolition work to follow along with my renovation manifesto that is a testament to how cheap I really am, and also how much I'd like to do my part for our global environmental crisis.
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