Heigh Ho Silver...

Ok, I didn't actually paint the roof last weekend. It rained. But with the assistance of my poor mom (who I'm sure really enjoys going to Lowe's every time she comes down), I did buy the paint. And discovered that the insulation is way too big to transport on my own - I'll have to have it delivered, or have a contractor do it (planning to call a friend's recommendation to see what's cheaper).

So this weekend, I'm gonna -

• Paint the roof
• Finish the closet (got the mortar and the quarter round last weekend)
• Maybe even finish the base and top of Erin's cabinet.
• And the window treatments all came in! Hanging those for sure.
  

Goals.

Projects this weekend

So have you noticed that everything takes me a million years to do? I have. Therefore the project list for this weekend is not terribly new and exciting:

• Erin's wall
• Downstairs closet
• Investigate attic for insulation preparation
• Hang mailbox #3
• Replace broken outlet in my room.
  

It's good to have goals. Even if they seem to remain the same from week to week...

Projects this weekend

The trend continues - more work on Erin's wall. And hopefully the downstairs closet. I would really like to get back to the dining room, too. There will also be some banister stripping done, courtesy of a friend who actually likes that stuff, so if you want something to do on a rainy Sat, there's plenty available!

Lots to do - and lots done!

Ok, so I'm slacking a bit on the posting. Really I'm slacking on the picture taking, which is causing me to slack on the posting...

Dad managed a ton of stuff last weekend. I helped a little bit too. He cut down the dog-run style fence cutting my yard in half, planted two lilac bushes, closed up the pipe in the downstairs closet, and most exciting - began the closing of the destruction I wreaked on Erin's wall!

Originally I had just wanted to drywall off the wall, and either build a little closet or just close off the pipe. But Dad (who by his own admission has been watching a lot of DIY tv shows), had an idea of building in shelves that would mirror the existing ones on the other side of the room. The project was not without its struggles (things learned - not only should you actually draw full plans before beginning, you probably shouldn't measure and do math while hungover), but it's going to really look great! Dad got all the pieces up already, we just have the finish work left. And a couple molding-type pieces to put on. Pictures soon, I promise.

So this weekend - lots finish work to do on the cabinets and drywall, and the downstairs closet. I'd also like to take advantage of the nice weather to do some cleanup outside. Maybe even mow the weeds. It would also be exciting to try the new bbq...

Projects this weekend

Lots of possibilities! Dad's in town, so not quite sure what we'll manage. I know there will be some planting involved! Besides that, hopefully some work on Erin's wall, and maybe closing the downstairs pipe back up... I always either over- or under- estimate the amount of work we can do though!

Out damn cabinets!

The plumbers came, fixed, charged, and left. Now we have a fancy new pipe - and a lot of patching to do. Since the wall probably needs a great deal of help (and Dad is coming next weekend and can advise and assist), we decided to pull out the upper cabinets this weekend. Hopefully it won't take too long - actively seeking muscle for Sunday afternoon if anyone is around!

These are the cabinets we agreed on as replacements. We're only going to install the base piece with the sink - I hate overhead cabinets, and I think they are very inefficient. Mind, that could be due to my height, but still... http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/rooms/kitchen/11836/

Now we just have to figure out how to cover that large wastepipe running up the entire wall.

drip...drip...drip...

That is the new sound from the downstairs tub. Argh. Guessing the cold water faucet needs some assistance. But that's really annoying b/c there is not currently a way to get to the stem, I'll have to carve a hole. Why must the plumbing torment me so?

Apparently then it will be a weekend o'plumbing -

• check out the cold water faucet
• open the wall for the leaky pipe
• maybe get back up to the skim coating.

Guess I should have found that plumber to date.

Projects this weekend

Ok, I've got goals. Gotta get some stuff DONE this weekend. Um - or more done than now...
Planning on lots of work in dining room - walls and ceiling and moldings. Other than that, just whatever we can manage. Oh - and we have to make some room in the funny little kitchen room, b/c the plumber is coming on Monday morning...

Projects this weekend

I have to admit, I'm not quite sure what's up for this weekend. I've decided to rugby it up on Sat (as a spectator, not a player), so I'm losing a day. Hopefully I'll:

• look at some replacement window options (in Staten Island, not so convenient!)
• do some more work on dining room ceiling and wall
• install Erin's new doorknob.

We shall see. Every once in a while I must remember there's more to do in the world than fix a house...

Projects this weekend

Lot of mish-mash to do this weekend:

• install new showerheads
• more clean-up
• empty out dining room
• test out peel-away
• experiment with dining room ceiling

Hopefully this will give us a good grounding for more exciting things soon!

I am Mighty Mouse!

Combo'd with Wonder Woman!

Ok, maybe not quite so much. But I fixed the downstairs tub hot water! Take that Home Depot! Take that plumbing supply stores! Hooray for the power of Google! Also hooray for faucetpartsplus.com, who not only have pictures of their faucet stems (so I could find the one that looked like mine), but also actually had the faucet stem and shipped it super fast. Now I suppose I'd better actually call the plumber to estimate the other leaks.

And apparently the house is challenging me to a duel, because this morning the upstairs tub hot water started dripping. But I shall overcome.

Projects this weekend are about clean-up:

• clean the downstairs
• hang the mailbox
• tidy the basement so I can actually find the tools
• take the rest of the tape off in the kitchen

That sort of thing :)

Projects this weekend

Head cold permitting, I swear we are actually priming and painting the kitchen this weekend. Really. I can feel it. Additionally, it would be nice to:

• Hang the mailbox
• Install the new toilet flapper
• Set up the dryer

And I have firm goals involving waking up without an alarm...

Projects this weekend

To continue the trend, there will be some plumbing work. We'd also like to:

• finish patching the kitchen
• prime the kitchen
• paint the kitchen
• clean up the basement (to make room for the DRYER, thanks guys!)
• get shelves for the kitchen
• clean the downstairs closet
• hang the new mailbox
  
• and just maybe, start removing the wallpaper paste from the hallway.

I realize that there's really no way we'll actually accomplish all that, but at least we know what we'd like to. And the Home Depot installer is coming to give an estimate on replacing the windows. So if you want to play, let me know!

Projects this weekend (besides unpacking)

Plumbing and plumbing.
--Replace the downstairs toilet flapper etc
--Try not to get incredibly frustrated re-installing the downstairs faucet stem, in the hope we can then turn off the hot water in the shower

If we get really energetic, we might prime the kitchen.