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my dad was nice enough to put together these nice framed pegboards for me to hang in the utility closet... organization!
It's pretty crude, but it will keep dust and (more importantly) cat hair falling into the drying poly. That cats always want to get into the bedroom and the door s obviously off, but the chair and plastic did a surprisingly good job of keeping them away.
new sky light. This was the roof hatch. Replaced with a 38" square skylight. Whole unit lits off for roof access.
The paintings are by Diane Duda. You can see photos of her work on flickr at dudadaze3. I love her work.
The door and the light in all their glory. Try not to notice the shabby falling down little mini porch in the foreground.
Switching cell phones, so here are all the pictures that were saved from my old one.
I took this picture to show Bill and Ann the tiling project in progress.
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The leading theory is that that's just accumulated sawdust and junk in a space they never filled all the way in. Options are to redo that section of floor or put down an equally wide threshold and cover it up
I prime or paint one side on the sawbucks, give it a few minutes to tack, then swing it upright and paint the other side. If the very top of the door leans against a wall, it doesn't matter if the wet paint at the top is marred. The door jamb will hide it. Doing it like this, you can paint both sides quickly.
Here I am drilling holes in the foundation wall for attaching the furring strips. I had to buy a new toy for this job--a hammer drill.
I bought a $13.49 sheet of 1/8" Plexiglas at the local Ace Hardware and had it cut into three panels. This is the only remaining store in Midwest City that does this, and Home Depot and Lowe's are of course slowly driving them out of business. Sigh.
Et voilà ! The power bar was hidden by tying it to the desk back pane using tie wraps. Total cost: 20$ (mostly due to tons of leftover bolts, nuts and washers)
My Sistine Chapel. Two and a half years after the ceiling fell, I'm finally getting around to covering the drywall.
On the left, you can see the section where the kids and I have already removed the dark 'barn wood' (still up on the right hand section.) With our heavily wooded lot, we don't have a lot of natural light to work with, and, as you can imagine the 'barn wood' is a real light-suck, as are the dark bricks (which you'll see us beginning to chisel off in the next few photos...).
Weird angle, but you get a good look at the grain of the wood. It doesn't look so shiny in real life.