changing spaces
There’s a lot that will need to be done around the house before April 11. It might not sound like much at first, but since we completed some similar projects while my wife was pregnant the first time, I know it will take a lot to “get ‘er done”. And having a toddler around this time doesn’t make it any easier.
First up is going to be redoing the largest upstairs bedroom. This one was the master bedroom before the previous owners added what is now the master bedroom. I need to clean out the furniture, rip up the carpet, refinish the hardwood floors, install new baseboards and install new doors.
I’ve done some of this work before. I refinished the floors in Natasha’s room. Using a drum sander isn’t difficult. It is noisy and it makes a dusty mess, but it was easy enough to do. Edging was more difficult, but even that wasn’t so bad. Staining the floors was simple too. Applying the polyurethane was the difficult part. The floors are supposed to be free of dust (they weren’t) and the coats are to be applied evenly (I missed a few small spots). The floors still turned out fine. I stained all of the woodwork, but we had my wife’s uncle install the closet door (I added Closet Maid shelving in there as well) and baseboards. He never installed the bedroom door though. It’s still in my garage.
This process will be repeated in the old master bedroom, which will become the new office/guest/playroom. Then it will be re-repeated in the current office, which will become the new nursery. This is going to be a busy fall.
The other project is refinishing the bathroom. The tub leaks and it is directly above the kitchen. We spent too much time and money helping her uncle remodel the kitchen to have the tub leak through and destroy it, so it will have to be replaced. The rest will get remodeled too, especially since the walls are fuchsia, the tile is pink, and the floor is cracked. The room needs to be brought out of the 1950’s.
My guess is that by the time these home projects are complete, the folks at Home Depot will know me by name.
posted by jayman @ 2:28 PM
2 Comments:
You seem to have no trouble updating this blog... Tasha's blog, on the other hand, seems to have stalled almost 10 months ago. I thought I was bad at keeping Hannah's up to date...
Anyway, I'd like to see some new pictures. Judging by how much Hannah has changed in the past 10 months, I'm sure I won't even recognize Tasha.
Congrats on the new one, too. I think Katrina is still a fine name for a girl. We're thinking Benjamin James if we ever have boy and are officially claiming dibs.
Pass along to Beth our best wishes and good luck with all your projects.
Thanks Thad. We don't have a boy name still, but you can have Benjamin. James is already a middle name we plan to use though. I know I'm lagging on the updates to Tasha's blog. It's so hard to post that many photos on one post with blogger.
Send well wishes to the family.
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