You may be able to tell from the title of this blog post that I’m too tired to think of anything clever, like I did for last week’s post. House renovation tasks continue, along with packing and cleaning. It’s a TON of work getting a house ready for sale. This morning, I scrubbed the bathtub thoroughly with Bar Keeper’s Friend in order to remove some stains. This afternoon, I mowed the lawn because regular maintenance…
No, he did not punch me in the face, which is one meaning of the phrase, “cleaned my clock.” He literally cleaned my clock. In his effort to repaint the kitchen, Erik had to remove everything hanging on the walls and clean the walls and cupboards with degreaser. I shared the following photo in last week’s blog post, pointing out how the area behind the stove still had to be painted. In the middle foreground…
Work on the house to get ready to sell feels like it is speeding up. During the last blog post, I left off with the red kitchen ceiling being primed by Erik. It did, indeed, need 3 coats of primer to cover that very deep red. We chose a new yellow for the walls. It’s a bright yellow that reminds me of lemons. The original yellow we used for the walls looks almost peach in…
The dining room we tore apart to renovate finally looks like a room again. After finishing the mudding and taping of sheetrock, which I discussed in last week’s post, we moved right on to priming and painting the room. We used a Wagner paint sprayer to apply the primer to the ceiling and walls. And by “we,” I mean mostly my husband Erik. I read the detailed instructions to him while he monkeyed with the…
From hanging the sheetrock, to taping and mudding it, we are making excellent progress on the dining room. And when I say “we,” I really mean Erik. Aside from helping hold up a couple of sheets of drywall so he could get the screws started and cutting a few pieces, I didn’t do much in the four days it took him to hang it all. When it comes to taping and mudding, I know better…