Drywall compound skim coat number two. I think three might (!) do it. EDIT: P.S. I’d ordered two bags of Organic Choice potting soil for the tanks, but Amazon sent me three by mistake. I called to tell them, and Customer Service said that because it was only $9.99, I could just keep it. I […]
Given how rough and uneven this section is, it’s the first of probably at least three, but it’s on there. I think I found wallpaper (painted over) on the edges, so I guess I’d better get a litre of the yellow paint to touch up whatever gets damaged by the time I finish with the […]
My beadboard wall is finally done! I had to be careful taking the tape off because the paint was barely touch-dry, but it’s done! The brackets for the lights were a nightmare, and I don’t really like how high it sits (though that may be necessary for the filter to fit), but the canopy tops […]
I’m splitting today’s stuff because some belongs in my Bistro blog, and some does not. This does not. I got the wall taped off bright and early this morning; still in pyjamas until it was time to actually paint. I had one coat on by 1000h, and had planned to do another later today, but […]
Well, not really, but it is “more of the same” because I took the afternoon off today to work on stuff I’d already started. My rocks are…getting there. They’ll never be pefect, but they also didn’t cost even half as much as resin would have, and they’ll be good enough to put around pond plants […]
Not completely finished, but I put up the shower curtain and put the rugs on the floor!
Finally! Perfect? No. Good enough for me? Yep! I took this when I wasn’t quite done, but I was running out of daylight. The new stuff looks darker because it’s still wet, but the stuff I put on last week looks pretty good. I caulked the seam and corner of the dry stuff with paintable […]
I didn’t trust such large holes to only backing paper, so I got some mesh drywall tape and went over them again. The bottom one made the biggest mess, but fortunately for me, drywall compound is easy to sand. Oh, and since I’m redoing the wall, and the tanks look like shit right now, I […]
At 1100h yesterday, I decided to see what was under the icky peach flowered wallpaper. I started with a small section over by my office. This section came off easily, and there was nothing under it but the wall. A bit rough, but I decided I’d paint this part instead of putting beadboard paper over […]
I accomplished a fair amount again today; I finally got the bathroom painted (except for a few tiny touch-ups around the edges where I either taped incorrectly, or damaged the edge in removing the tape). It’s taken me approximately forever, but I like the way it looks, and it’ll be even better once I get […]