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It's the moss and thyme path to my front door. Which isn't that different when it comes down to it, and the primroses are further to the right.
Progress was made on the walkway and the front yard's landscaping over the weekend.
Four hours' work, digging the sod out and putting the curb bricks that have sat in the backyard for years into place so the path will be 20" wide and (soon) have a dozen 16" stepping stones running down it, plus small groundcover plants to fill in around the stones.
To consider Lowe's you have to look at both Home Depot and OSH. In my mind, HD focuses on those who are building something new or significant while OSH focuses on living in an existing space and doing minor repairs or improvements. Lowe's has found a spot just between HD and OSH. Lowe's is large like HD (bigger than any OSH I know) and yet has a nice balance of product filling the needs of both HD and OSH customers. At Lowe's I can buy a table lamp and all of the electrical stuff you could need. Lowe's is the closest to one-stop shopping for a typical home owner.
The store is clean, well organized and signed, a vast selection of stuff and the right number of people running around to help you. All-in-all, yep, I am a fan.
Stair runners, also known as stair carpeting or stair treads, are a popular method of carpet stair installation because of their low cost and high durability. They are not only a cost-effective choice for covering stairs, but are also a great way to make the entire house carpet free.
We were worried about this spacing, it's so tight fitting everything in along this wall. The basin is nearly against the shower glass (represented by the pencil line to the right of the basin on the plasterboard). The cardboard box represents our obscenely large bath in it's closeness to the toilet and on it's height.
We have this ridiculous old concrete slab in our side yard -- it's where the old landing for a stairway used to be (this has been moved since the house was renovated).
Anyway, it's a huge tripping hazard in the dark and when I try to move trash cans in and out. I figure it's time to remove it. I rented a demolition hammer from Home Depot and went to work. That thing is FUN.
So, I was busy, remolding all my home . This was the end of a corridor completely wasted, we transform it into a small guest bathroom.This is the first sneak peack of our home remolding, hope you enjoy it .
The time has come to turn the nursery into a room for one of the boys. Today Jack and Mom spent some time taking the wallpaper border off the wall.
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...
Edges have been rounded using the router, wood filler applied and sanded to fill in a few gaps and dings. Final sanding complete. Center beam made from 3 boards of maple glued together. Will round the edges with the router to be more comfortable on the feet.
We did a test with our chosen stain on a scrap piece tonight. Stain and initial coat of top coat tomorrow.
If you've paid attention to status reports on various remodel things I've done around the house (click on the "home improvement" tag at right for a refresher) you've heard me say many times that the previous owners were crackheads. Surely it can't be that bad, can it?
Submitted for your approval: This is the junction box which connects the wiring for the entire back side of the house to the fluorescent light I'm removing and the power from the breaker box. What do you see a lot of? Black electrical tape. What do you see none of? Wiring caps. What does this junction box really look like? A plastic light fixture screwed to a beam with the two screws for a fixture still intact and no cover to keep the wiring in. Can you make hide or hair of how this electrical spaghetti is configured? Not a clue. How old is this? The lizard-skin looking stuff may date to 1959 but the light and that grey cable were installed in 1991 so the mess you see here is probably 15 years old. And for sure they had building codes to follow at that time, but didn't.
I bought a new metal box with a cover, removed this, and mounted it in the same place... and replaced two of the three cables, using end caps to connect the wiring. (The third cable with the red wire is the one to the switch on the wall... it's ugly but in functional condition and would be a bitch to restring.) See below for the result.
It's for reasons like this that simple home improvement tasks become convoluted. You can't ignore this unsafe crap -- hell, you can't work very well with this crap if you wanted to ignore it, see above -- so you've gotta fix it. The timeline grows exponentially.
We replaced the fan in the livingroom. It only had one light-bulb and was small, as for a small bedroom. This one really lights up the room. The picture doesn't do the light justice. It really is bright, but I'm uploading the dark version so you can't see all the dust that was on my ceiling!
The plan is to wall off the back corner to make it the utility/storage area. Hanging thedoor is the next step then we need to redo the plumbing a bit.
Day 1 involved planing the boards and attaching pieces to the ends to bring them to the rough final length.
End of the week and not quite picked up - but the curtains are hung. Still may add some glass pull knobs on the end as finials. And of course all the primping of something new - like training the pleats, putting some weighted washers in the hems to hold them down straight.....all the things a grandma would teach you about curtains and drapes.
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.
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The black grout is in place and I've made an initial cleaning of the whole floor using CLR and a Mr Clean magic eraser. That seems to be the winning combination to get the black grout stains off of the white tiles. I'll mop it tomorrow before dragging the table and storage cabinet back in here. I hate our giant refrigerator.
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...
Rebuilt the shelf over the washing machine from scratch. The old one -- what's left of it is sitting on the washer -- had its backboard crack around where it was bolted to the wall and most of its nails were rotted away. Wish I had a "before" pic showing the old shelf before it fell apart, but the washer and dryer in the garage aren't exactly regular photography subjects.
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...
Ok, it's not exactly a marvel of engineering, but I take certain amount of pride in making this all by myself. The old shelf's backing was two thin boards. Here I opted to go with a single piece of 1/2 inch plywood I had lying around in my garage.
I wanted a great front light, something in pewter, to be better than the plastic thing that was there before I tore it off. Funny, I ordered a second one like this for the back but the store ran out of pewter, and no way did I want something that looked like galvanized steel (which is what showed up at the store under the same part number two weeks later).
One of the things in need of repair are the drain pipes for the house downspouts. Over the last 50 years the current pipes have been crushed flat by the growing trees.
I replaced our leaking faucet and part of the drainpipe today. This was the creature that had been living in the drain. The first two feet of the creature, mind you. The remainder escaped down the sewer pipe and must now be plotting elaborate revenge. I especially recommend a 1:1 zoom if you aren't planning on eating soon. Color and contrast aren't accurately represented since I had to reprocess a lot to fix the exposure. Just imagine it in glistening dark grey, with chunky spurts of black silty water.
The color on this is a little bright since I was using a flash. The reds in our carpet are deeper than it shows.
78 sample splotches of paint. HELP US DECIDE!
Planned Changes:
-Remove wallpaper
-CHOOSE A PAINT COLOR
-Wainscoting below chair rail
-New paint above chair rail
-New fireplace insert (it's gas)