Before we moved we kept trying (in vain) to explain to our cat what would be happening. “We’re going to live somewhere else soon, Mara. Are you listening? Mara? Hello?” “Mara this place is nice but soon you’re going to have a new house.” She didn’t get it. Pre-move- Mara absolutely loved all the boxes…
Stripping Paint from a Door
Preparing for this project took forever but the project itself is also extremely time consuming. The doors have some lead paint on them on a layer under the top two layers and just removing it is one way to deal with remediating lead. The instructions I watched for stripping paint all advised wearing gloves, a…
Chandelier
The dining room light fixture in the house is a brass chandelier. The contractor who did the popcorn ceiling removal took down all the light fixtures and didn’t replace them because the ceiling paint was wet when they left. Colin has been going room by room and putting them back up, but when we got…
Bedroom 1 Painting Done!
On the Tuesday before we moved in, I took a break from painting. It was a planned break because the trim had to dry before I could tape it in order to paint the walls. However, if I hadn’t planned a break I probably would have taken one anyways. I was so tired and the…
Bathroom Finished! (Almost)
The bathroom finished up on June 29, the day we moved in. We couldn’t shower in it for two more days because the grout needed 72 hours to dry, so we went back to our apartment just to shower. We’re super happy with the fixtures and all the tile- it looks amazing! There’s still a…