This weekend was the first free weekend in a while that we could get some work on the bathroom done (and by we I mostly mean Ryan because someone has to occupy the little one). Ryan had to work last weekend so he was happy to have a free weekend and jumped right in to …
Ryan had to work late tonight so after I got home and had some dinner I decided to do some painting. First I sanded the crown molding and baseboards lightly. After cleaning that up I put the second (and final) coat on the crown molding and then the first coat on the baseboards. Once i …
First – for future reference -be careful when buying moldings at home depot, these were marked at 53/37 angles however that’s not a standard spring angle (37) for crown molding, so we decided to actually measure the angle using some of the nifty tools Ryan got for xmas. Right on the dot it was 38 …
While I was gone tonight Ryan was very busy! We now have a door knob on both sides of the bathroom door! This was no easy feat – a larger lockset needed to be installed which meant mortising out a spot for that larger lockset. It’s not completed – we need to patch up the …
We didn’t do much around the house this weekend, it was too hot and humid and we had a picnic to go to on Saturday. Sunday we did manage a few small projects, first we hung the bathroom door! It still needs some touch ups (had to plane off one corner – which is very …
After work last night I broke out the paint again 🙂 I got the second side of the door primed and then I put the first coat of paint on the window trim! Of course painting at night comes with lots of little tiny bugs that can fit through the screen so there were some …
Finally the bathroom mirror is up! Last night as a last minute project Ryan hung the mirror. The bathroom is just waiting for it’s door and some touch up painting now!
We had NO rain today – despite forecasts yesterday for rain all morning and thunderstorms in afternoon. All well – can’t complain about good weather however we had changed our weekend plans (my parents did not come out) because we expected rain. So we continued to pretend it was raining and did indoor projects 🙂 …