Liz is off downstate pretending that a massive earthquake has hit southern Illinois.
This gives me the great opportunity to get dirty and make a mess!
First I finished up the master bedroom closet. I finished the steaming of the wallpaper. The top half, thankfully went a lot quicker. I then spackled some of the plaster that was raw and sanded for two days. Then I primed and painted, It isn’t immaculate, but its clean and plain white. Now if I can just get Liz to actually put her clothes in the closet rather than on the floor. But to her credit, we are in need of a large dresser, all for her of course. I’m relegated to an old dresser in the back bedroom.
Ink was a great help painting the closet. But like any painter he got a little on him. He didn’t appreciate the cleaning I gave him. I’m afraid his whisker may be white from now on.
But back to the messy part. (more…)
So I started my new assignment at work which requires me to work nights 5p-5a. It is an awesome new assignment that puts me right into the mix of criminal investigations, interviewing suspects, taking statements, putting away bad guys, and letting the innocent go. It also allowed me to have a lot of time to work at the house during the day.
The biggest thing we were up to this week was taking bids from plumbers and electricians. Matt sent out the plans last week and set up the interviews and I stuck around the house to meet with the bidders. I saw two plumbers including a new company we haven’t worked with before and our trusted electrician from the Rice house.
While I was waiting around I painted the trim in the office (white) and covered up the hideous pink in the office closet with white. It took two coats, but everything looks real sharp and now the office is well along to being finished. All it needs is the quarter-round around the base board. Liz is turning the closet into an a craft corner for her sewing machine and jewelry making. We might also move in a chair and bookshelves to make a nice little library for reading. (more…)
After the cleaning spree of the past few days and with a friend coming into town this weekend, we are considering spending our first night in the house in the next couple of days. But first, we needed to set the furniture up, leading us on the first steps of layout and deciding how we want the rooms to look.
living room with couches and a bed thrown in
back bedroom with guest bed and room for side tables
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