Sunday, March 19, 2006
March 19, 2006
I've not been real good about posting remodel updates - mostly because nothing has been happening. I am making progress -slow but sure. Got the second coat up, and will be working on the third during the week. Usually that is enough for most areas, then I'll touch up here and there where it needs it.
Here is what the dining area looks like. That upper corner is a real pain. It's going to be a bugger to paint once the ceiling is sprayed.
We still haven't figured out exactly how we will put in the stove pipe. Should have done it before we put up the sheetrock, but then we'd have a big hole in the roof to deal with during the winter. It may be more work this way, but we can do it once the weather is a lot warmer. Besides, I would really like it to be directly above the stove, and we won't know where that is until we have the stove.
Here is a picture of the bay window area. That will take some doing to get it smoothed out. That special cove tape stuff we bought seems to be just the ticket for those odd angle corners.
Right now I've got a fire going. It's cold and windy out. Funny how not long ago, 30 deg would have seemed warm. Average for this time of the year is about 45, and today the wind is blowing so that makes it worse. We didn't get any snow yet, seems to be staying south and west of us this time.
Nikki is doing a good job keeping the chair warm for me. When I have the fan on, it blows warm air right towards her. Cats can always find the warmest place to sleep.
I think I've got several pictures of Nikki like this.
Back to the remodeling - I'm on track with the sheetrock work. Told Hubby to plan on spraying the ceilings when he is home next Sunday. Then in the afternoon, we can lay the subfloor, and I can start tiling!!!! I may even get a start on the wall tile if I get the sheetrock done early. Don't really expect to - but I'm always optimistic.
We bought the tile for the floor back in Jan, before Hubby went back to work. The money is nice, but progress on the house sure slowed down to a crawl. I'll be finishing up the budget at work this next week, and that should cut down on my stress, so maybe I'll have more energy to work on the house in the evenings. I plan on starting to carpool after we go on day light savings time. I'll be riding with my boss and another manager. I expect it will work fine, and I sure like the idea of putting less than 20,000 miles on my car each year - I currently put on about 40,000. The three of us live withing 15 miles of each other, about 80 miles from work.
I guess I'm rambling - probalby because I should get back to the sheetrock!
Cathy
Here is what the dining area looks like. That upper corner is a real pain. It's going to be a bugger to paint once the ceiling is sprayed.
We still haven't figured out exactly how we will put in the stove pipe. Should have done it before we put up the sheetrock, but then we'd have a big hole in the roof to deal with during the winter. It may be more work this way, but we can do it once the weather is a lot warmer. Besides, I would really like it to be directly above the stove, and we won't know where that is until we have the stove.
Here is a picture of the bay window area. That will take some doing to get it smoothed out. That special cove tape stuff we bought seems to be just the ticket for those odd angle corners.
Right now I've got a fire going. It's cold and windy out. Funny how not long ago, 30 deg would have seemed warm. Average for this time of the year is about 45, and today the wind is blowing so that makes it worse. We didn't get any snow yet, seems to be staying south and west of us this time.
Nikki is doing a good job keeping the chair warm for me. When I have the fan on, it blows warm air right towards her. Cats can always find the warmest place to sleep.
I think I've got several pictures of Nikki like this.
Back to the remodeling - I'm on track with the sheetrock work. Told Hubby to plan on spraying the ceilings when he is home next Sunday. Then in the afternoon, we can lay the subfloor, and I can start tiling!!!! I may even get a start on the wall tile if I get the sheetrock done early. Don't really expect to - but I'm always optimistic.
We bought the tile for the floor back in Jan, before Hubby went back to work. The money is nice, but progress on the house sure slowed down to a crawl. I'll be finishing up the budget at work this next week, and that should cut down on my stress, so maybe I'll have more energy to work on the house in the evenings. I plan on starting to carpool after we go on day light savings time. I'll be riding with my boss and another manager. I expect it will work fine, and I sure like the idea of putting less than 20,000 miles on my car each year - I currently put on about 40,000. The three of us live withing 15 miles of each other, about 80 miles from work.
I guess I'm rambling - probalby because I should get back to the sheetrock!
Cathy
# posted by Cathy @ 2:04 PM 
