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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...
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 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.
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.
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.
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 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...
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.
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...
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.
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.