Why did they do that?

We have run into a few things during this renovation that have made us realize that there are some "charming" highlights to renovating an older house. The electric, the appliances, the design, its all just not quite what modern is.

Take our project of installing a new dishwasher tonight. Not easy. My husband guessed 1hour to take out and install. Well, it took an hour to get out, who knew they hard wired them in the front. Our drywall took a little bit of a beating, but hey, we're about to rip the whole kitchen out anyway, right?

Today, we had an electrician here and I happened to mention - yeah it seems they made some odd electric decisions here. His response, yeah, it seems like they just threw it together quickly. Well, at least it matched our thoughts.

The plumbing, ha, that too either was poorly done or just has changed since the '80's. The seemingly simple task of changing a faucet can take up to 8 hours - especially, if you are a novice like us! The pipes don't line up the same.

The silver lining, it feels so good to be replacing the old with the new and making this home newer, better up to code. It feels so good to be new. Don't get me wrong, I love the character of old. But my gold faucets and 1985 Maytag dishwasher are not charming.