Renovating a home means that any non-under-construction area becomes a staging area for the project. Plus, when it’s freezing in the garage, these are some of the scenes in our house this weekend. (Note: none of these were staged in any way, this is actually the chaos in which we live now).
We haven’t eaten on our dining room table for months.
The living room requires the grace of an ice dancer to navigate.
Dirty dishes sit next to the mortar stirrer and dish gloves stained with furniture stain on the kitchen counter.
Yes, that’s paint thinner. The health inspector would SO shut us down.
The drill rests next to our breakfast and further down some tile grout visits with the butter dish.
And the tile saw hangs out in the basement with the washer dryer. Wait, that looks kind of normal compared…
But, here is what we accomplished this weekend!
These all got their final coats of primer and polyurethane. The nightstands are ready for assembly and the cabinets are ready for paint.
Nightstands
It got a little sunny on Saturday, so we took the opportunity to polish the concrete countertop outside (it slings water so outside is the best option, but we have done it in the garage before).
Even though it was sunny, the water droplets quickly formed ice on our clothes and icicles dripped from the two-by-fours. Rob rushed inside after each polishing pad to thaw his hands and I changed the pads and managed the water. It was cold, but the countertop is beautiful!
And finally! We tiled the shower!!! And I LOVE it!! It will look SO good with the rest of the bathroom we have planned! I went with simple ceramic subway tiles and am so pleased! (that’s green tape around the edge to protect it from the wall mud).
Rob demonstrated greater skill with the trowel and I really enjoyed the tile saw – so we made a great team with me cutting tiles as Rob laid the mortar.
I also am a little proud of the awesome work here around the shower valve. Tiling a shower took a lot longer than we expected, but we feel very accomplished!
Today is planned to texture the ceiling and walls. Then, we can really get to work finishing the bathroom!
2 comments:
We've TOTALLY been there! Stan & his dad took out an arch entrance into the formerly formal living room soon to be my office and added French doors this weekend. It looks awesome, but it was a little crazy a week before Christmas! And I LOVE the simple ceramic subway tile - great choice! Can't wait to see the completed bathroom!
We've been there! We had one room that was our "living area" (bedroom, living room, office, etc.) and the rest was just disaster zone!
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