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^^^ Good going and seems you covered it, wife and all.

BTW- It all depends on the situation but with the project house flip I'm dealing with (not residing in and could care less), a near 100 yr. old home and half the walls are plastered, the rest are too but covered paneling from the 1970's. For me its not practical to make a bigger mess when all the oak trim has to be pulled, plaster calamity mess, removing the lathe and probably asbestos insulation in the exterior walls (try getting rid of that stuff today $$$), plus contend with a further mess... pulling the plastered ceilings down. No way is this a quicky job and so painting the paneling wins out.

Other: I enjoy reading what some of you are doing on homes around the country - labor rates, code / requirements, technique ideas, etc. and in the end its really a DIY group here. In the Chicago area, I've been involved with some beautiful and pricey remod's and its fairly common a new owner will come in and just tear it all out and do their own thing. Amazing... new $200k kitchens are ripped out and replaced or relatively new and good windows are getting replaced for high-end new energy rated type... crazy to think how long they will recoupe that expense.