Thread: Some home improvements
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07-23-2018 03:47 PM #31
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Knocking the dust off an old thread here! Yep, it's almost been a year and I still haven't finished the nursery. Well, the wife said she wants Ivvy in there before she is 1. 10-4 let's get it done.
I finished sanding the drywalll and had it smoooth and sweet. Then Allyson tells me she wants to do a pattern on the walls using drywall mud. So she started and got about 3 feet wide done on wall 1 and found that the motins with the round brush were killing her wrist. I got the job of finishing that particular job.
Once that was done, we painted the ceiling white.The 3rd coat finally looked good. Before it was just stained wood. Next we painted the walls. It isn't pink and I can't remember the name of it. I thought the walls were going to be more light green to match the crib, but I was wrong.
Next was the floor. Originally she had me sand the floor and we were just going to paint it and put a rug down. She picked up a lot of nice used laminate hard wood flooring that has been residing in my garage. I said hey dear, why don't we put that in Ivvy's room? She agreed and I put it in there. Several trips up and down the stairs later it was done. I don't know if I'd get used again. Every side has a joint so it all interlocks. Now I have lots of pieces missing interlocking sides. The recycling bin is going to be heavy for a while I believe.
Finally it is looking like a room! I have been working on making the window trim and trying to have it match the other windows in the house. I have all the base trim cut and fit, 1 window is trimmed, but I still have to cut and fit the crown molding. I just got a jig for that yesterday. Next we have to stain the trim and get it affixed. Then it will be to make something to go around the duct. Allyson wants a bird I think. After that I have to replace 1 outlet, put the covers on them and then maybe we can move her stuff in there!Ryan
1940 Ford Deluxe Tudor 354 Hemi 46RH Electric Blue w/multi-color flames, Ford 9" Residing in multiple pieces
1968 Corvette Coupe 5.9 Cummins Drag Car 11.43@130mph No stall leaving the line with 1250 rpm's and poor 2.2 60'
1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn P-pumped 24v Compound Turbos 47RH Just another money pit
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I saw last night on fb about John. The world sure lost a great one. I'm going to miss his humor, advice, and perspective from another portion of the world. Rest in Peace Johnboy.
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