Removing Damage Exterior Remodeling of House Built in 1749 Maplewood, NJ

$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...

The stain, like the pre-stain, goes on very watery. Work fast, using even strokes with the grain.

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...

Putting in the work in August so we're ready fit February.

This spring/summer is going to be all about the home improvement. There is a list. There is a Very Long List. Currently at 37 items, down from over 40.

Probably the biggest task on it is to paint the house. I think we are going to do it ourselves, to save some money. Has anyone ever painted their house's exterior? We're going to borrow a couple of sprayers and a compressor. I'm a little scared of how big the job might be, though.

The chips above are one of the color schemes we are contemplating.

Rooms To Go still has to deliver one without a scratch (we're on try 4) but this is what it looks like now. We moved the rug from the living room into the dining area under this table.

As part of the effort (since we were patching and painting), we (finally, at long last) removed the brackets for the old baby gates. Our little girl is all grown up!

New Exterior Trim Painting Maplewood, NJ

You can see a bit of the break in the angle pipe here.

The second row of plywood was hung!

Cleared things out. Obviously the clean-out from the kitchen above was part of the culprit.

A gift from my sweetie--no more rickety ladders!

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.

The finished paint job. Looks a bit purply sometimes, but I think grey was a good choice with the pink tiles.

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My water heater has died, emptying it's contents out onto the basement floor. In so doing I had to turn off all the water to the house because the moron who installedc it did not do the plumbing in such a way that the tanks could be isolated from the system. And then there's that water softener tank which has been unused since we got the house in 2000.

The tag on the water heater says it was from 1983, so it has lead a full life.

Wall cabinet

Time has finally come to add a few rooms into the outbuilding for future use.

Roof Tune Up

And the replacement put in.

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...

Early fillage of the closet side -- bins on the floor for each family member's shoes, plus vacuum cleaner, plus bins above.

From the corner by the window

The first day with the lift was mostly used to move the upper 2x4 cross members to align with the installation of the plywood sheets. A few additional ones were needed at the top of the south wall. 2x4s were "borrowed" from the loft for these.

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...

New Siding Install Step 3 Exterior Remodeling of House Built in 1749 Maplewood, NJ

The living room rug from another angle.

New Siding Install Step 2 Exterior Remodeling of House Built in 1749 Maplewood, NJ

Fortunately, in their addle-pated redecorating scheme sometime in the 1980's, the previous owners mostly left the living and dining rooms alone, only attempting to create a wainscoting effect by putting up some chintzy floral wallpaper. A good thing, too, because we spend most of our time in these rooms.

Planned Changes:

-Remove wallpaper

-Wainscoting below chair rail

-New paint above chair rail

-New light fixtures

-New window coverings

We received an organ, it works!

We got a new bathroom set (shower curtain, rug, towels, etc.) for our guest bathroom a few weeks ago and decided we wanted to repaint the bathroom. We took the plunge yesterday and bought paint and Summer painted the bathroom all by herself.

This is (obviously) from before she actually started.

More importantly, when the guy dug down (jackhammering through the concrete in the basement), he found a problem with the angle pipe.

Wall cabinet

Time has finally come to add a few rooms into the outbuilding for future use.

Packing up

The shelves and bookcase sides were planed, trimmed and needed dado cuts made. I gave put it together to test the fit of the joints before gluing it up. The shelves needed another quick run through the planer to thin them down a bit.

Put in some nice, clean sand.

Light switches for the overhead and the closet.