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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...
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...
DIY Task: Install dimmers for fixtures with more than two light bulbs. It's part of a DIY Saturday. We wired this one backward which resulted in kitchen lights turning off when this switch was turned up.
We were able to complete the project in a short amount of time. Still need to figure out how to change the timing of the lights. Still, pretty thrilled with the traffic 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...
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.
Never never NEVER buy Toro brand for sprinkler stuff. It's crap stuff. I had a busted solenoid a few months back, could NOT find a new one, even at the company's website, because these valves are discontinued. Now the other ones are leaky, after a mere two years installed. What utter shite.
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...
State of the closet, nicely illuminated from within. Something was wonky with the wiring, so the interior light not only requires its own switch, but the hallway light needs to be on, too.
Looking from kitchen towards the back yard. The actual windows are "out at the shop" being refurbished, so right now there are only the storm windows and screens in place.
That tile floor is going bye-bye, as is that blue color on the walls.
The finished paint job. Looks a bit purply sometimes, but I think grey was a good choice with the pink tiles.
Hole in the carpet for the left-hand shelving, off the floor both because the carpet will be going away and because that will keep dirt and dust on the bottom shelf reduced. The old framing on the left bottom has been taken out, and tack strip for carpet put in.
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.
After eleven days without power last November, we decided a permanent, automatic generator was in order.
Reverse shot of the original. Note the light switch. That controls the light over the closet, plus the back hall; it's a three-way with a switch by the garage door. It's also an illuminated switch, because it sits in the very darkest core of the downstairs.
As kids are, Billy was interested in all the activity. Here he's checking out the jackhammer before we return it to the store.
Vesuvian Garnet under the counter, Ginger on the left wall, and Muted Gold in the kitchen. All paint is Kilz Casual Colors.
That's also the new microwave that we installed.
This room, besides the bathrooms, was the final one to be done. We still have to get some stuff on the walls, and a table or something, but it looks 1000% better. Since the dogs are the ones who spend the most time in here, I hope they like it.
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...
This is what remains of a nearly unusable flower bed at our front door. The surrounding stone and some of the concrete had been removed a year or so ago. What remains is nearly solid concrete and other methods of removal were useless. Finally we rented a jackhammer to rid our house of this.
Billy is looking on in interest.
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...