preparation thoughts

I just got back from a friend's BBQ cum housewarming. He has a really nice kitchen. Actually, he has a really nice house. It's not a flashy house. But it's nice. It's a place I could actually live in comfortably.

The living room isn't really my style, and the lighting and mood could've been improved, but it's got enough space, ambience, warmth... I'm actually really impressed that he thought through a lot of the things that went into how the house would turn out.

A few things I got from him confirmed my assumptions...

Whacking down walls cost a lot of money. It's referred to as "masonry". It's much cheaper to make a wall out of gypsum board instead of whacking an entire wall down.

Lighting is probably the most important part of the interior formula.

Nice things don't come cheap. Even if there are, they don't come easy. There's a lot of work involved in getting the best deal. And I'm overwhelmed that there are so many things to look into.

But it pays to think it through, because once it's all done, it's going to stay around for a long time.