This is the first floor half bath. It was obviously added by previous owners and they didn’t pay attention to little things like CODES or even, you know, knees. Getting into the bathroom is the first challenge. You have to squeeze between the door and the sink and get in the corner before you can…
The Asian Vampire dining room
It may have been the rice paper blinds that reeked of soy sauce. It may have been the hideous chandelier that had tiny black lamp shades and the wrong bulbs. It may have been the black trim and blood red walls. I’m not sure what exactly caused me to dub the dining room the Asian…
Master Bedroom Blues
It’s been a while. I’m sorry. There was this pesky thing called moving and then there was so much to do and so much to buy and so many cardboard boxes. As soon as the floors dried, we focused on painting the master bedroom. Insley’s room was done ahead of time because she has decisive…
This is why I’m crazy
The next time I decide to refurbish a floor on a deadline while working full time and pursing a master’s degree, just shoot me dead and put me out of my own misery. Thank god for husbands. Two layers of stain. We had to apply the stain with a rag because when we tried a…
Making putty
In which I spend an entire post talking about one crack in the floor.
Roommate Room
The two bedrooms getting furniture are the main focus. Here we are getting Insley’s room ready. Here is the ugly ceiling fan. Why was brass evvvver okay? Here is the set up, because once you take down the ceiling fan there’s no light. First we painted the ceiling. Then I began the process of cutting…
Edging on Monday
Mondays suck. I was tired before I started. Edging sucks more. Sanding for 48 hours with the drum sander wasn’t exactly fun, but at least you get these super awesome before and after pictures. Edging is twice as tedious and the payoff isn’t nearly as awesome. Here is the edge leftover from the drum. The…
Labor of love
Hours of heat gun and scraping brought us here. It doesn’t look great, but it’s much better. Most of the gunk is gone. First Insley and then John spent hours pulling staples, tacks, and nails out of the stairs. Meanwhile, I started stripping. Hours and hours, John and I working I shifts. Which brought…
Carpet yanking
Today was open house at my school so I got lots of hugs from my students who a all grew a foot over the summer. I rushed home after to scarf down a dinner if two kinds of pasta (we are “cleaning” out the pantry in prep for moving.) Then Insley and I set off…
New old house…
Perhaps you are one of the two people that read this blog that I don’t know on Facebook. Well, then you might not know that my husband and I bought a new house. There we are, being adorable with an honest to God picket fence behind us and I put on makeup for the first…
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