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…
Bedroom 1 Painting
When we bought this (old) house, the back bedroom that overlooks the yard seemed to be the best one! The closer we looked through, the more we saw… This room did not have a popcorn ceiling, but we had the ceiling textured and repainted along with the other rooms. No problems there, the team said…
Bathroom Updates
Well, the bathroom is halfway done! I have been at the house painting and unpacking the kitchen while the contractors work on the bathroom. It’s really interesting to see the bathroom take shape. The sheer number of tools at our house right now is unbelievable. There is no possible way we could have done this…
Painting the Cabinets
The bathroom project continues- not too many updates there. We got to pick the height of our shower and asked for an outlet (there was no outlet in the bathroom before!). The Handyman Heroes ran into a problem with the tub drain when it broke because it was so rusted. The toilet was also an…