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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...
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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.
Finished up the installation today. Trim is next. One piece was installed before we called it a day.
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
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.
Ah, behold, our fugtastic bathroom. Fortunately, its days are numbered. We've planned a pretty substantial remodel to happen in early January.
$54 toilet, baby. We replaced the handle with a much nicer one to make it feel more expensive. It's also smaller, which is nice with space at a premium. 4 inches narrower and protruding 4 inches less into the bathroom. The bathroom is small enough that it's noticeably easier to get to the shower.
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...
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...
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...