One fun thing about my phone - I can take pictures anywhere. Here are two recent pictures of things that just didn't seem right.
We'll start with a canned whole chicken. Really? I almost bought it just because I wanted to see what it looked like when you pulled it out of the can. "Home Style Goodness!" *shudder*
And then there was Ghost. She managed to get up to the top of the bookcase and promptly sat in one of the small chairs up there.
Kris' old computer chair was starting to fall apart so he decided to build himself a new one. Seems that he had read about how to build a chair out of an old car seat and wanted to try it. Honestly, when he called me and told me that he was as the pick and pull (aka dump) getting a seat I thought he was nuts. It didn't turn out too bad though:
He even dyed it with some neato spray cloth dye. He says that it's even more comfortable than his last chair. Go figure.
More accomplished!
K did all of the trim in the back of the bathroom and most of the trim in the front (need another piece to finish it up).
I painted the door frame, around the window, caulked stuff, and hung towel racks.
I don't know if this happens in every house or if it's just ours.. but our walls uneven, bumpy and just weird in spots. The wallpaper hid a lot of the problems in the bathroom but I'm glad it's gone. I'd rather have bumpy walls than wallpaper. This wall was pretty bad when we went to put the trim up.
I think you can actually see where the stud is - to the left of the door frame. All of the base boards had gaps where they didn't fit snuggly against the wall. I had to go around and caulk the tops all the way around the bathroom. I made a grand mess, but it cleaned up nicely. It looks much better.. I should have taken before pictures so you could see the difference.
Tomorrow we finish the trim, put in the toilet and put the mirror back up on the wall. That should be about it. Yay!
I finally found a new light that I liked for over the mirror and we put it up earlier this week:
(Like the tool clutter? It's amazing how many things you *need* to hang a light... Not that I was the one that put it up. I don't mess with electricity)
I started painting trim tonight. How in the world do you paint with a brush and not get brush strokes?
Well, we finished up the grout yesterday:
We spent another 5 hours in the bathroom on Saturday and finished putting the tile down in the front of the bathroom:
We'll grout next weekend, seal the grout and then it's time to touch up paint and add trim. Almost done. :)
We put the grout down yesterday.. that was a whole lot easier than the tile. We also bought a pair of knee pads at the hardware store. Amazing what a difference it made on the knees!
Done for this weekend, going to let it dry and make sure it sticks before we do the front bathroom. Looks great though - very very happy with it. :)
Just because the book tells you to start in the very middle of the room, doesn't mean that you have to. We put down 6 tiles and then pulled them back up again to move them a 1/2 inch to the right. We missed that part about putting the tile down on a clean floor to figure out your layout.
Much better!
We're 4 hours into this. We have 19 tiles down. We're starting to get a bit faster at it. Thank goodness.
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Peggy said:
Fantastic! You two did an excellent job. It looks just amazing. You must be so proud. read more
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Peggy said:
Wow gorgeous! You two did a spectacular job. It's not just your walls, by the way.And corner edges is why... read more
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LOL to both!!!! Hey!!! =) read more
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