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Phase 1 of our first major home improvement project is finished. Jason did all of it himself, and knocked out "the hole" in our family room. The shelf in the corner went all the way across and down the opposite side forming a ridiculous hole.
Jason demo'd it, drywalled the shelf, a shelf, the house is now totally opened up and I have a nice view from the desk in my office where I sit all day and work.
YAY!! for Handy Husbands!!!!
Here is a video time lapse of the demo:
All for the sake of mounting the TV. In hind sight, it would have been a lot quicker and cheaper to get a piece of furniture and be done with it eh. Of course that would be too easy. So what we thought that would be a couple of hours weekend DIY project, turned into a 3-weekend job which included calling in an electrician :(
Now we are 15% closer to completing the second last room in the house to complete the never-ending projects which started almost 4 years ago. We are getting there...slowly, hopefully but surely ;).
Like the kitchen, the pantry has two layers of carpet, the bottom one foam-backed and glued to the floor. The trap-door to the basement adds an additional challenge to the project.
The first problem with the closet is that the shelving is very recessed and hard to access. The second half of the closet is taken up by space for closet rod that hadn't been used by us or the previous owners -- indicated by the missing closet rod and nail "hooks" along the back wall. Overall, it is a pretty cramped and poorly designed space.
Round-shaped mosque carpet and Ottoman-lined carpet are both well-known models. The round-shaped carpet is usually used by large mosques.
I have most of the top parts finished. I am planning to replace the handrail and add metal ballusters, also a few other bits need replaced. But it is coming along. Temps were 100 (plus) today, so the project is going to wait until it cools off a bit.
A prayer mat or prayer rug is a flat piece of cloth, not a plush carpet, used most often by Muslims and some Christians for daily prayer. The mat has a closed weave design that catches the sweat from one's forehead as he or she prays.
Status of the fireplacing tiling job. All that's left is cutting some tiles for the top under the mantle (2 1/8 inch high) and the two sides (I'll try my hand at beveling), then grouting in a fawn-sand color.
The blue tape there serves no actual purpose.
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My lovely assistant the carpet-beast demonstrates that the vinyl flooring in my diningroom is fugly. He should know, he is the closest to it and spends the most time on it.
I had thought about taking this all out, but it doesn't come up so easily. The glue may not have stuck on the floor under the oven and has curled up around the edges of the room, but it's pretty intact everywhere else. So fine, I'm leaving it, Marmoleum is a floating floor anyway.
This picture is also for the person who pointed out I've been aiming the camera in the other direction, at the counter and kitchen. Okay, here's the accent wall and nothing else!
State of the closet. The new switches are in place, and the trim, so the power's back on. Some old textured drywall has been salvaged and put in place. The lefthand shelves will be raised, so the carpet is torn out over there.
Between the radiator and the shower. Before I cleaned. With a spoon (sadly, not kidding about that.)
It was a race against the setting sun to get OSB cut and installed. We made it with a few minutes to spare.
Our living room has/had white walls, white ceiling, white trim and white curtains. Blah city! My husband made home improvements to the house about 10 years ago before he met me and so everything was white. Our house is old and has big rooms with high ceilings so the white really doesn't work! We finally started painting!! I'm so excited!!!! I picked a dark brown for an accent wall and I'm a little worried, but I think once I get some new pictures up it'll be okay.
A hammer and chisel, a grout saw, and an oscillating cutter tool make short work of getting the four pieces of tile and related grout off the corners of the sill and removing the trim piece underneath. This shows one piece of cement backer board (left over from all the other tile work in 2008) affixed to the wall; after the picture was taken pieces for the right and under the sill (1⅜" x 35") were cut and attached. I have enough scrap left that I can do the three inner surfaces of the window, but the 10" x 40" for the top will require a visit to yonder home improvement store -- which hopefully will have a piece that size in its As Is bin because I'm frugal.
Also, yes, the pieces of backer board were not cut entirely square (there be overlaps and gaps) but chances the sides of the window aren't square either (Crackheads™ had them windows replaced by the lowest bidder) but the tile will hide everything and a Mouse© palm sander has been run over the edges of the backerboard so they're flush to the frame. Always fun, running a sander with one hand and holding a Shop-Vac© hose with the other to cut down on the dusty mess.
The next chapter will have all cement backerboard pieces in place... and who knows what else.
Rugs to decorate your house and other places with elegance. They will never fail to compliment any type of decoration you have. You can hide area rugs inside the bedrooms or inside the living rooms.
Roller Blinds are not the only blinds that you can use for your windows. Indeed, there are now different types of blinds that are available in different colours as well. Therefore, if you have the great idea to change your blinds but you have limited amount of money.
As promised here is the completed grouting of the backsplash. Now everything needs to be sealed to make it all waterproof, then I can install the sink.
One thing we were doing was extending the closet door from 6 feet to 7 feet. We'd have gone to 8 feet, but couldn't find sliders to fit. Though the original thought was to be symmetrical, instead we opened up the left-hand side almost all the way, since that's where the shelving would be. That meant taking out drywall all the way to the existing switch.