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Wow, were you guys ever optimistic about me having completed a "job well done". Not even close.
Ceiling white, today.
Carolyn painted the cement with a special moisture sealant, put down special padding, then went to town on the flooring.
The ground on the east side of the house had settled so much it was slanted quite impossibly toward the house. This is a shot of the broken-up sidewalk. Notice how low the ground is from the bottom of the door and the basement window.
The completed wall! A completed wall is not very exciting to look at, is it?
I did the drywall mud mostly by myself (Chris did a coat whilst I was at work one day) and sanded and painted the wall. And then installed some trim at the bottom, which is a little wonky, so on both sides I positioned furniture at the seams so that you wouldn't notice.
It's not perfect (butt joints are hard!) but it'll do. And people will be seeing it in the daytime, which is more forgiving than the artificial light. Fingers crossed, guys!
The chisel work was pretty easy because the door isn't solid wood. It's pretty soft and easy to work with sharp chisels. Still pretty messy though. That's just a small sampling.
The stump of the removed tree-of-heaven is at right along the line of railroad ties that form a raised bed. Kevin hauled the fallen branches and other yard debris to a pile about 10 m from the fence for later disposal, while stacking the larger pieces to the left to be reduced to firewood later.
I'm trying to figure out how to safely replace this light fixture. I already have the replacement fixture and know how to wire it but am totally lost as how to get up there to do the install. Any pointers?
We got a new rug, and moved the entertainment center stuff into a less obtrusive corner and stuck the lamp and the Poang where it used to be. Much nicer.
This is what hte guest bath looked like after I removed all the carpet and carpet tacks.
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Switching cell phones, so here are all the pictures that were saved from my old one.
I took tihs picture to show Bill and Ann the tiling project in progress.
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This is after I took a jackhammer to everything! I made a big push on Wednesday to break up most of the concrete. I look at this and try to picture nice paving stones, a six-person wooden table, the BBQ grill, and the potted citrus trees sitting way back in the yard. Soon, hopefully!
It's hard to see, but those tiles are mortared. The spacers alternate between being useful and life saving. I would recommend them considering the low cost. Also, I totally would have put them laying down in the intersection, which each arm in a different grout line. This would have been a terrible mistake.