Thursday, October 8, 2009
The Doors
All of the internal and closet doors (except 4), don't fit their frames anymore. I guess they were all sized for the linoleum stuff that was down the previous 55 years of their existence. What do we do now? Chop them down 1/2 an inch I guess...
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
The Glue Incident
I know, I haven't posted in a long time. I have a perfectly good reason for that, we've been crazy busy working on the house. One of the main things that held us up a bit is what I like to call, "The Glue Incident." You see, when we were purchasing our wood Lee the Pine Guy, as I like to call him, said that he would just cover the entire floor with filler so that all of the holes would get filled (of which there are lots, due to the fact that it is recycled pine). Then, like 3 more people said to use wood glue and saw dust as filler instead of traditional wood-filler. Soooo, Chris and I spread glue and saw dust all over our new floors. 
Consequently, we spent the next 5 days sanding and resanding the floors. 
We rented a total of 4 sanders and borrowed another 2 to get the job done. When we were finished sealing the floor, we rented a buffer to smooth out the sticky spots.
Now we have some beautiful floors (that still aren't perfect, but they are as perfect as they are going to get)!
Consequently, we spent the next 5 days sanding and resanding the floors. 
We rented a total of 4 sanders and borrowed another 2 to get the job done. When we were finished sealing the floor, we rented a buffer to smooth out the sticky spots.Now we have some beautiful floors (that still aren't perfect, but they are as perfect as they are going to get)!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
A Little Mishap
Our handyman/home repair consultant, Mark, accidentally shot a two-inch nail into his leg! We rushed him to the hospital and after a night there and surgery, he's walking around pretty well.
Big nasty surprise, that one!
Big nasty surprise, that one!
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Erasing the Walls with Paint, Etc...
After the floor guys were done, we were left with an icky splatter of glue remover up to about shin-level on all of our walls.
This made me sad because we didn't plan on painting the bedrooms because we liked it just fine the way they were. Sooo, I decided to "erase" the brown-ick by dipping a rag in paint and rubbing the spots away. It worked!!
I'm so glad it did, because it still took me two days to paint the closets and trim in all of the bedrooms.
Thursday I began on the hallway. What a fiasco. I bought some light brown paint that, according to the paint swatch, was a really light shade of the color of the couch we purchased. Once on the walls, it looked like a malted milkshake--you know how they are kind of muavish in hue. Did not work at all. So I had to go and buy more neutral, this time I went with a safe cozy cream. I like it.
Let's see, what else have we accomplished this week? Chris has redrywalled the entire kitchen and has started the mud and putty phase. Today he hopes to finish it off with some texture so that we can paint the cieling in there.
We also had Mark, the contractor guy who is helping us out, move the utility sink that was in the sunroom to the laundry room.
He has also built a pedastal for our water heater to be 1.5 feet off the ground and is constructing a closet for it, so that it'll be a sealed off combustion air zone (up to code).
This made me sad because we didn't plan on painting the bedrooms because we liked it just fine the way they were. Sooo, I decided to "erase" the brown-ick by dipping a rag in paint and rubbing the spots away. It worked!!
I'm so glad it did, because it still took me two days to paint the closets and trim in all of the bedrooms.
Thursday I began on the hallway. What a fiasco. I bought some light brown paint that, according to the paint swatch, was a really light shade of the color of the couch we purchased. Once on the walls, it looked like a malted milkshake--you know how they are kind of muavish in hue. Did not work at all. So I had to go and buy more neutral, this time I went with a safe cozy cream. I like it.
Let's see, what else have we accomplished this week? Chris has redrywalled the entire kitchen and has started the mud and putty phase. Today he hopes to finish it off with some texture so that we can paint the cieling in there.
We also had Mark, the contractor guy who is helping us out, move the utility sink that was in the sunroom to the laundry room.
He has also built a pedastal for our water heater to be 1.5 feet off the ground and is constructing a closet for it, so that it'll be a sealed off combustion air zone (up to code).
Friday, September 18, 2009
We have floors and some furniture!
After sweating the who/what/how of the floors, they turned out very lovely. Now it's our turn to sand and finish...
After going to practically every consignment shop and furniture store in the Austin area, I finally found our couch and living room chair at MotifFurniture.com in Buda, Texas (about 15 miles south of Austin). I happened upon this wonderful, modern, furniture store after a failed trip to some outlets about 25 miles down the road. After grumpily stomping through stuffy, overpriced, over-marketed furniture outlets, you can imagine the glee when I walked into a showroom full of furniture that seemed to be made just for me. They had not 1, not 2, not 3, but several microfiber couch and chair options that both Chris and really liked. This is what we settled on:
Imagine expresso
Imagine peridot or little green jungle frogs
After going to practically every consignment shop and furniture store in the Austin area, I finally found our couch and living room chair at MotifFurniture.com in Buda, Texas (about 15 miles south of Austin). I happened upon this wonderful, modern, furniture store after a failed trip to some outlets about 25 miles down the road. After grumpily stomping through stuffy, overpriced, over-marketed furniture outlets, you can imagine the glee when I walked into a showroom full of furniture that seemed to be made just for me. They had not 1, not 2, not 3, but several microfiber couch and chair options that both Chris and really liked. This is what we settled on:
Imagine expresso
Imagine peridot or little green jungle frogs
Monday, September 14, 2009
Sledgehammer Fun
Oh man, yesterday was exhausting yet awesome. In a day, you too can get rid of your kitchen. Here's how:
1. Remove all appliances and upper cabinets.
2. Hit counter with sledgehammer at the weak point.
3. Kiss counter to say goodbye.
4. Hit again with much force.
5. Keep going until the counter crumbles.
You will know when you are finished when you have blisters on your hands and an empty room with lots of damaged walls with beams showing.
Next step, major drywalling...
1. Remove all appliances and upper cabinets.
2. Hit counter with sledgehammer at the weak point.
3. Kiss counter to say goodbye.
4. Hit again with much force.
5. Keep going until the counter crumbles.
You will know when you are finished when you have blisters on your hands and an empty room with lots of damaged walls with beams showing.
Next step, major drywalling...
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Demo Saturday
Yesterday we got a lot accomplished. The floors are clean and ready to go, our pine arrived, we posted our old used kitchen tile on craigslist and it soon disappeared, we met with Mark who is going to help us out with some of our projects, and made some headway in the kitchen demo. Our plan is to get it done today without injuring ourselves or the house too badly.
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