Month: February 2016

I have come to hate Thursday.  Thursday means we have owned the house another full week.  Thursday means we are not done our project, in fact the checklist is still very long.  Thursday means that tomorrow is the start of another very busy weekend with little time for finishing things.  Although without some recreation this weekend to remind us of another life we may loose our minds.

So Friday brings me to a day of review to focus on what we have accomplished.

    Didn’t L do a great job on the backspash! 6 more cupboards doors to hang and thanks to little L for screwing the handles back on for me.  Last week only a few cupboard doors were primed and there was no dishwasher.

While I was covering myself in paint some made it on to the Living/Dining room trim.  L installed a plug in the bathroom, reglued the tub surround, primed and painted the bathroom and front entrance.  Wow, it was never in doubt that we were busy.

And just ’cause we are good at finding  work; we did or more specifically L painted the trim in the panel bedroom.  He couldn’t leave the panelling on the back of the bedroom door and then he couldn’t leave the trim brown.  Ah well I’m not sure that my cupboards look different enough in a photo to merit all the hours I have spent on them, at least the bedroom looks more modern now.

To top it all off K is sick today; but you don’t even get to be sick at home you have to come along to the house.

* It’s good to know that our camera still takes better pics than a phone

Today’s post is more for me then for others.  Although there are many of you who are curious about our progress, I needed a morale boost to start another work day.  It feels like we are running around only doing the bear minimum at home in order to get to the other house, but things are moving along.

   

The kitchen walls are patched and painted.  The trim and the cupboard frames are done.  Lowell has installed the new countertop.

  

Thanks to the many hours put in by surprise workers this weekend, the bedrooms and Living room/Dining room are painted too.  Work has started on the cupboard doors.

We checked and there is original hardwood under the carpet, but decided that for now we would keep the carpet.

If you have been wondering where we have been the F Family Renovators have been hard at work giving a cute little bungalow some TLC.

We have been removing wall paper and paneling.  It has been all hands on deck.

We have now moved on to putty and sanding.  Nothing like rebuilding lathe and plaster walls.