The Bee’s Knees

It’s funny how people who love DIY house projects view situations that would normally be considered a problem as a wonderful opportunity! We’ve been battling wasps at our house recently. My husband, ever so brave (and cheap because he didn’t want to hire an exterminator), attempted to deal with them using spray and a very interesting homemade version of a bee suit. Obviously, nothing could go wrong with this plan…… Friends, don’t try this at home.

My brave husband attempted to rid our house of wasps.

Shockingly, his plan didn’t work. The wasps were in the ceiling, buzzing around and crawling out from around the light. Then they flew all over the house. They were especially fond of our chandeliers, hiding among the crystals and then dive bombing us while we were trying to eat dinner. Wasps, in case you didn’t know, happen to be the same color as the brass on the chandeliers, so they blended right in. It was horrifying!

When I found a wasp crawling underneath the toilet seat one afternoon, I decided to take matters into my own hands and call an exterminator. Sometimes, friends, it’s worth it to pay a professional!

Me, right after a wasp flew into the cowl neck of my shirt during dinner. It was a terrifying experience! Note the crazy yet determined look in my eyes. Those wasps messed with the wrong lady! My apologies to my son’s teacher for any four letter words he might have learned during that horrifying experience.

So, an exterminator came out and determined that the wasp nest was most likely in the ceiling of our back hallway. He told us that, unfortunately, we were going to have to cut a hole in the ceiling to get the nest out.

Instead of being sad, my husband and I were high-fiving! You see, the ceiling in that back hallway is covered with cardboard tiles that were added by the previous owners. They don’t go with the age and style of the house. We’ve never liked the tiles, but we’ve just been too busy to remove them. We kept telling ourselves that someday we’d get to that project. And now, it looks like someday has arrived!

The wasp nest is in the ceiling between the little hole the exterminator made for his camera and the light that we duct taped to keep the wasps from crawling out! Goodbye cardboard ceiling tiles (and wasp nest)!

I was also secretly hoping that the exterminator would need us to rip out the old carpet on the stair landing so he could use his little camera to locate the wasp nest, but sadly, that didn’t happen. I’ve been wanting to remove that carpet since we moved in, but we keep putting it off while we work on other projects. I also have to figure out what kind of runner I want to put in its place so the kiddos don’t slip and fall on the wooden stairs. But I have a feeling the days of the old dirty carpet are numbered!

The landing at the top of the stairs, which happens to be right above the wasp nest.

See that hardwood underneath the carpet? I really want to rip out the old dirty carpet on the stairs and landing and install a new runner!

What about you, friends? Have you ever had a problem turn out to be the motivating factor to start a project? Any recommendations for our stairs? Once I figure out what I want to use for the stair runner that carpet is out of here!

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Have a beautiful day!
Sandy

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