Wednesday, March 08, 2006
New TownHouse Renovation - Day 11 (3.07.06)
Tuesday:
Goals: Put a second coat of paint in the kitchen, second coat of paint on the living/dining/entry room ceilings. Clean up garage in preparation for cabinet assembly.
I left work right after 5 to get as much work done by my lonesome as possible. Rena was at an instore for work (Bad Religion) and couldn't make it. I did have a nice suprise when Rena's mom (Joyce) called and said she was bringing dinner over and wanted to help me paint.
As a side note, Joyce and Paul (Rena's stepdad) have been truly wonderful with helping us get things done. They keep volunteering their time to come over and help out wherever they are needed. They have been awesome.
I started out by washing out some of the painting materials. We have been pretty good about keeping the brushes, rollers and pans all cleaned and ready to go after each day. We've only lost one brush to neglect since we started this project, so I think we are doing well.
I needed to put a first coat of paint on the dining room area, followed by a first coat of the entry area and downstairs stair ceilings. I wanted to do these first so that I could put a second coat on the living room, and then hopefully hit those first areas again for a second coat before the end of the night. I got finished with the dining room and entry areas just as Joyce arrived. We had some turkey chili and then got down to business. She worked on painting the kitchen and I finished up the ceiling. I managed to get a second coat on everything so I am satisfied that the ceilings downstairs are almost done.
I should take a moment to reflect on our decision to scrape the ceilings and keep them flat by ourselves. The cost of getting someone in to do it was prohibitive with our budget, and I think we did a decent job of it. There are a couple of rough areas that I would like to spend some more time on, but our schedule doesn't permit it, so it will be a post-move in project.
The other open issues are the cabinets. We have them all in the garage, they need to be assembled and installed. One portion of the cabinets are for an island that we want to build in the dining room, instead of having a table. I have been busy working out in my head the best way to build the island (we need a base wall to hang the cabinets from. And we want it to be powered and lit. Luckily, we are building a server room at my company and the contractor had some extra drywall that I just snagged today. So that should help with that project. So it looks like we will have to drill a hole for electric cabling in our new hardwood floor (cue horror music).
Joyce and I finished up our painting projects and decided to call it a night at 9:30. I cleaned all the painting utensils and got the hell out of Dodge.
Wednesday is a night off. We are having dinner and maybe buying some ceiling lights. Rena and I are both wiped. So we want to recoup tonight.
No pictures for Tuesday or Monday because I forgot the camera. I will get some tomorrow.
Goals: Put a second coat of paint in the kitchen, second coat of paint on the living/dining/entry room ceilings. Clean up garage in preparation for cabinet assembly.
I left work right after 5 to get as much work done by my lonesome as possible. Rena was at an instore for work (Bad Religion) and couldn't make it. I did have a nice suprise when Rena's mom (Joyce) called and said she was bringing dinner over and wanted to help me paint.
As a side note, Joyce and Paul (Rena's stepdad) have been truly wonderful with helping us get things done. They keep volunteering their time to come over and help out wherever they are needed. They have been awesome.
I started out by washing out some of the painting materials. We have been pretty good about keeping the brushes, rollers and pans all cleaned and ready to go after each day. We've only lost one brush to neglect since we started this project, so I think we are doing well.
I needed to put a first coat of paint on the dining room area, followed by a first coat of the entry area and downstairs stair ceilings. I wanted to do these first so that I could put a second coat on the living room, and then hopefully hit those first areas again for a second coat before the end of the night. I got finished with the dining room and entry areas just as Joyce arrived. We had some turkey chili and then got down to business. She worked on painting the kitchen and I finished up the ceiling. I managed to get a second coat on everything so I am satisfied that the ceilings downstairs are almost done.
I should take a moment to reflect on our decision to scrape the ceilings and keep them flat by ourselves. The cost of getting someone in to do it was prohibitive with our budget, and I think we did a decent job of it. There are a couple of rough areas that I would like to spend some more time on, but our schedule doesn't permit it, so it will be a post-move in project.
The other open issues are the cabinets. We have them all in the garage, they need to be assembled and installed. One portion of the cabinets are for an island that we want to build in the dining room, instead of having a table. I have been busy working out in my head the best way to build the island (we need a base wall to hang the cabinets from. And we want it to be powered and lit. Luckily, we are building a server room at my company and the contractor had some extra drywall that I just snagged today. So that should help with that project. So it looks like we will have to drill a hole for electric cabling in our new hardwood floor (cue horror music).
Joyce and I finished up our painting projects and decided to call it a night at 9:30. I cleaned all the painting utensils and got the hell out of Dodge.
Wednesday is a night off. We are having dinner and maybe buying some ceiling lights. Rena and I are both wiped. So we want to recoup tonight.
No pictures for Tuesday or Monday because I forgot the camera. I will get some tomorrow.
# posted by Tony Starr @ 11:18 AM 
