The New Paint (Day 3700 - 1/11/20)

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Stephen came over to help his parents unload 19 boxes of flooring for remodeling the new room. Debra says that Rocko's been upset since they got rid of the sofa that he really loved. Stephen shows off the new painted white wall. He comments that it makes the room brighter compared to the yellow wallpaper they had before.

Debra shows Stephen that they cut off the top part of the entertainment center and took a cabinet door and glued it to the top in order to make a coffee bar. Then, she explains that they plan to put a pane of glass above it. They had removed the cassette holder inside the entertainment center to put in shelf out of a piece of wood they cut in half. The other half of the piece of wood was used to make a shelf in the kitchen. Debra says that they kept all the parts of the entertainment center since they didn't know what parts they would need.

At first, they had tried to give away the entertainment center away to Goodwill, but Goodwill couldn't pick it up until 3 days later. They had also tried giving it to Salvation Army, but they couldn't take it until the 23rd. Finally, they tried giving it to a used furniture store, but they didn't have room for it. After failing to give it away, Steve suggested making it into a coffee bar since he had wanted one ever since he saw Stephen and Mallory make one. So, they went to Arbor Freight and got a saw for $17.99 and just sawed the top of the entertainment center off. They weren't worried about the sawdust since they would be replacing the carpet with new flooring anyway. They both worked until 1:30 AM.

Debra says that she is also moving the shelf that's in the dining room to the office and moving a futon into storage. They listed the sofa and love seat on the FaceBook marketplace and they were immediately bought. Steve says that the people who bought it had their house completely wiped out by hurricane Florence and it meant the world to them to be able to get the sofa. They explained that their kids had been sitting on the floor all this time and they wanted to get them something to sit on. Debra then talks about how she is glad the wallpaper borders that had been there for 22 years are gone. She had a lot of difficulty removing them.

Back at home, Stephen says that Mal wasn't able to come help because she was finishing up her painting. She celebrates finishing the painting by giving treats to both cats. It had taken Mal a total of 77 hours to complete this painting. Stephen goes into the studio to show off Mal's painting and talks about how detailed it is. They had Saturday game night and they recorded Broken Picturephone.