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Closeup of part of today's work, setting these diamond decoration tiles and glass tiles up at the top.
The hall bathroom in our 1983 house needed a little facelift, and while it's still not ideal, it's miles better than it started out!
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After priming the wood the night before we painted the trim and window framing today. I think the window looks a lot better painted white rather than the previous stained wood. The wood was showing some pretty good wear so a good coat of paint really cleaned up the window.
Yes, that is a vintage black leather sofa, wood-paneled walls, tiled pole, and asbestos floor tiles. Wait -- asbestos? Yes dear. We'll be covering that in linoleum in short order.
Bridge, almost complete. Needs a few more screws, but it works now.
Home improvement pictures are probably viewed best from the "taken on" archive; link: www.flickr.com/photos/jsf/archives/date-taken/2006/calendar/
Off-cuts from the flooring extravaganza, semi-sorted by size and where on the tile it came from (the edge ridges matter). I've been good about reusing/recycling the stray pieces, I have to be, but when one side of the floor requires 6½" pieces cut out of 12" squares -- and having the longer tabs found in the upper right corner of a tile matter in more than half of the places where shorter tiles are needed -- there are going to be a lot of big chunks that will go to waste. (So if anyone needs some 12" x 2" to 5" wide 'left-side' Marmoleum Click tile sections in Arabesque...)
The hall bathroom in our 1983 house needed a little facelift, and while it's still not ideal, it's miles better than it started out!
More details here
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Mimi is a cave kitty. In this case, she got into the downstairs bathroom cupboard and was perfectly happy to snooze inside it, lying upon many beach towels and swim suits.
- Hard wearing and scratch resistant – tiles are suitable for high traffic areas such as entries, foyers and kitchens. Great for entertaining areas both indoors and out.
- High heel friendly – you do not have to remove your favourite high heels when you get home.
- Non-allergic – no dust mites – tiles do not harbor dust mites, so they are allergy free.
- Easy to clean – mild detergent with warm water can be used. No harsh detergents, cleaners etc are needed.
- Little to no maintenance – just lay them and enjoy!
- Pet friendly – if you have pets, there’s no problem mopping up their little accidents. And above all – no nasty smells.
It was also run on the wall to the right but you get the idea here. All we need now are the window treatments, a quick cleaning of the carpet and moving in the baby furniture and then we are done!! Bring on the baby.
The hall bathroom in our 1983 house needed a little facelift, and while it's still not ideal, it's miles better than it started out!
More details here
Before and after it's demo'ed - side-by-side comparison.
Will have to wait to see the final results on the outcome of this project.
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.
I used a can of Rustolium to protect the metal. Eventually we'll be restaining the wood and the brown metal won't stick out as much.
Hello, and welcome to a rainy week in Tacoma. I walked into my bathroom yesterday and noticed there was dripping from the vent fan. At first I thought it was condensation but I hadn't used the shower in at least 12 hours. A little further research and a trip to the attic reveals that water is coming through a knothole and associated crack in one of the roof planks one foot downhill from the vent hole. Oh joy. So I throw a tarp from the peak down over the vent so it can dry out for a day.
So today's order of business was to pick up the shingles, remove the vent cover, inspect the tar-paper underneath (and as you can see, there's an accumulation of water where that knothole and crack are), seal the affected area with roofing tar, and get everything back where I found it. What amused me is that three inches below the knothole and crack is a gap where the roof planks come together that's 1/8" wide -- but that's not where the water is coming in, it's all through the (covered by tar-paper) knothole. I slathered a bunch of tar around the vent hole as well since that water had to be getting under the shingles somehow.
There was a break in the rain today, even some sun, and once I had everything back in place and spent a couple hours getting the tar off my hands and my tools the rain started in again so I put the tarp back over so the patching can solidify. Tomorrow I'll take the tarp off and go to the attic during the rain and make sure all turned out well. My way of saying: I hope I put enough tar over the cuts I had to make in the tar-paper...
[ October 25, 2009 ] Our current home improvement project: upgrading anything and everything under the house.. insullation, vapor barrier, etc. This is us looking confused at Home Depot....
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