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A prayer mat or prayer rug is usually a square piece of cloth, sometimes even a large pile rug, utilized by Muslims and some Christians for daily prayer. During prayer, one must find a place in the house that is free from distractions and in order to do that, one must kneel on the ground or the floor, bow their heads, and prostrate. redcarpets.ae/prayer-mats-dubai/
Once upon time, in a quiet village, stood a small bungalow, which suffered from neglect because its owners didn't have any money to maintain it properly. A sign "for sale" had been standing in the front garden for a very long time, but nobody was interested since the bungalow was of very modern design, which was a sharp contrast to the rest of the historic village. Day after day the wood rotted away and nature slowly took over the garden, until only a complete make-over could help the bungalow to survive...
A leak in the pipe had let mud in, blocking the down pipe. Which then backed up and leaked through the crack.
Onwards! Upwards!
Here's the same view from four years ago when we last trashed the place: www.flickr.com/photos/davemorris/5022311569/in/photostream/
Finished up the installation today. Trim is next. One piece was installed before we called it a day.
So, knowing that we were going to be replacing the sink and all in Katherine's bathroom, Margie and Mary happened to find a bargain on a sink with a lovely granite counter. Not what we'd had in mind, but attractive and a good deal.
Gah! The Great Wine Rack Collapse! (Only 5 bottles lost, miraculously.) The plastic clips anchoring the racks to the wall just snapped.
This used to hold all my sewing/craft stuff in the office, but we moved it into the garage to make room for the new lockers we bought...
it used to be the world's skinniest closet, but isn't this better?
(the vacuum cleaner and some tool crates live in the bottom.)
he built shelves in our hallway closet too, converting it into a linen closet.
My new bathroom from the hallway. See that shelf on the left. I refished that and each shelf is dedicated to memoirs of my grandparents.
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Once upon time, in a quiet village, stood a small bungalow, which suffered from neglect because its owners didn't have any money to maintain it properly. A sign "for sale" had been standing in the front garden for a very long time, but nobody was interested since the bungalow was of very modern design, which was a sharp contrast to the rest of the historic village. Day after day the wood rotted away and nature slowly took over the garden, until only a complete make-over could help the bungalow to survive...
The installers took about 4 hours total to rip out the old windows and front door, then install and cleanup after themselves.
Today's project. Another before-and-after image from the ever-constant home improvements. I replaced an overlarge lighted fan in the middle of the diningroom with a 'BONSTA' light from IKEA further right (over the diningroom table) today. For obvious reasons this was a bigger task than just swapping whatever was in the ceiling fixture.
In the early days of the house (I can't say "when it was first built" since the existance of some of the lights seem an afterthought in this place) there was a light over the diningroom table -- the indent is still visible [see note] but whatever was there was hanging by its cord, and wasn't securely attached to the ceiling. Then along came the crackheads, who figured a lighted fan would be a good idea... and they were half correct. They chose one too large for the area, hung it too low, and while the utility box they used was the correct one for the job they used duct tape to hold the wires together and bathtub caulk around the cap where it meets the ceiling to hide how bad a job they'd done putting the utility box's hole in.
Moving the wiring wasn't a problem, there was plenty of slack. Putting in a new box wasn't hard, however the cup on the new light is so small that it barely overs the box/hole... I'm trying to obscure that with spackle and will give it a coat of ceiling paint in the future, once the rest of the room is where it should be. The candelabra only being rated for three 40 watt bulbs when I'm used to like 300 watts of light is a change but I'm using halogens and am on the lookout for the correct size fluorescents with a higher output (have only seen 3W and 7W, which put out an equivalent of 15W and 40W of light). And the real issue I have is aesthetics: the included bells are, well, approaching nicotine yellow IMHO. I've been to Lowe's (big selection, no clear glass) and Home Depot (small selection, they have slightly-smokey clear which look very cheap and fragile).... will check Seattle Lighting, Lighting Universe, The Glass Candle, and even IKEA for alternatives. [later] Replacement replaced with something better.
Now, you may see a big friggin' hole at left in the After image (because there is a big friggin' hole) but only half of that damage is my fault. Okay, possibly ¾. Removing the old box by prying from the attic with a hammer turned out to be a Not So Good Idea because the drywall ceiling couldn't handle the stress. But some part of that mess was put there by the crackheads when they put in the fan's box, ergo the bathtub caulk "trim"...
And yes, between A and B the accent wall has been painted. It's not a color you will find on the sheet (I call it "Cran-Plum")... I had three sample cans of various shades of purple to test how they'd look and/or whether they'd hide the existing scary yellow adequately (two coats of primer later...) and discovered that putting the three together produced the best shade of all. Best of all, there's no waste.
The fan was promised to a carpooling coworker in the morning when she dropped her car off in my driveway before the project was started, and handed off to her in a cardboard box in the afternoon when she came back to get her vehicle. That's my kinda fast turnaround and de-dunging!
Once upon time, in a quiet village, stood a small bungalow, which suffered from neglect because its owners didn't have any money to maintain it properly. A sign "for sale" had been standing in the front garden for a very long time, but nobody was interested since the bungalow was of very modern design, which was a sharp contrast to the rest of the historic village. Day after day the wood rotted away and nature slowly took over the garden, until only a complete make-over could help the bungalow to survive...
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In the renovated pantry the closet is gone and replaced with a built-in adjustable shelving system with a counter that I built.
We hired our friend and cabinet maker/carpenter, John Filan to handle the floor prep, flooring, and replacing the closet wall with a full-width header (a last-minute addition. Sarah then painted the walls and ceilings while I built the shelving and counter-top. I wired several outlets into the wall behind the counter for appliances, then finished off the project by replacing the pull-chain closet light with track lights hooked up to the same switch as the dome light.
Once upon time, in a quiet village, stood a small bungalow, which suffered from neglect because its owners didn't have any money to maintain it properly. A sign "for sale" had been standing in the front garden for a very long time, but nobody was interested since the bungalow was of very modern design, which was a sharp contrast to the rest of the historic village. Day after day the wood rotted away and nature slowly took over the garden, until only a complete make-over could help the bungalow to survive...
We got a new in-sink water filter this weekend (and a new regular faucet as well, but the picture isn't very pretty). It sits in the cabinet under the sink (doesn't need to be mounted), and all we really sacrificed was the soap dispenser that had been previously mounted there. It works really well, and we're quite pleased. (The new faucet is a pull-out model, and we'd been having problems before that with the faucet-mount filter, lots of leaking and dripping and so forth, so this was a positive change. Fairly cheap, too, since it was on sale at Sears.)
Blogged on wonderment.
We were warned by the gentleman we bought our secondhand Rainbow Playset from that weed wackers will take their toll on the wood. He had done his best but over the 7 years he owned it the wood had taken a beating in spots. My solution is to add some protection to the most vulnerable areas, mainly the legs.
I bought some 22 guage steel from Home Depot and using a grinding wheel cut it into strips/pieces to fit around the base of the legs. I made each piece only 3" tall figuring it's only there to protect it from a weed wacker hitting it. I only protected 3 of the 4 sides and attached each piece with 4 wood screws.
This is the bare metal after the initial installation.
Uggh, the old person's bathroom. Complete with the egregious porthole skylight, shower bar, and floor tile so reflective, you don't even need a mirror! They also painted the walls with very glossy paint. Even with the high-powered vanity, overhead light, and stupid little skylight, the place still manages to seem dull and dingy.
Planned Changes:
-Remove tacky old person shower, install clawfoot
-Replace gargantuan vanity sink with smaller one
-Replace 1980's old person toilet
-New, non-reflective floor tile
-Remove wall tile, replace with classic subway tile
-Paint with non-glossy paint
-New cupboard to store linens