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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.
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...
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!
Homebase are filming their latest television advert at Carlisle train station, so it's been suitably decked out for the filming. As you can see the overall effect is pretty weird to say the least. Three piece suites, chairs, tables, carpets, paint samples and light fittings have all been duly installed, and the finished result looks rather like a bizarre cross between Brief Encounter and Yellow Submarine.
What struck me most about the whole installation was how happy it seemed to make everybody who passed though it, especially the painted areas. English reserve was cast to the four winds as people chatted, laughed, and just generally joined in with the wackyness of their surroundings. I'm sure a pschycologyst could have had a heyday! Anyhoo, there's now a facebook group with 5,000 members requesting that it stays like it permanently!
The advert was directed by Philippe Andre
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My water heater has died, emptying it's contents out onto the basement floor. In so doing I had to turn off all the water to the house because the moron who installedc it did not do the plumbing in such a way that the tanks could be isolated from the system. And then there's that water softener tank which has been unused since we got the house in 2000.
The tag on the water heater says it was from 1983, so it has lead a full life.
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.)
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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.
Sunday's home improvement project: removing an old, dead attic fan from the Gable vent over the garage. Next project will be finding a new exhaust fan and installing it
We decided we needed a fire pit in our backyard. My husband built this - - the hole goes about 5 feet deep, surrounded by firebricks on the inside and decorative retaining wall bricks around the outside. I've been roasting marshmallows in my backyard ever since!
Welcome to our kitchen, dishwasher! Scott worked with my brother-in-law and dad to install this beaut on Sunday. When they were near finished, I went and bought some phosphate-free detergent and waited anxiously to wash some dishes.