Some views!

The Porch

 The Dining Room

 

 

The Office/ Spare

(Late) Anniversary Gift for M.

Even time...

To recover the cushions in the dining room.

Nothing fancy, in fact cheated with some plywood and staple gun.

Lots of curves makes it challenging.

But I got it done. 

(Small mistake in middle cushion. Confused what was the back of the cushion- may redo another day!)

Wednesday's Plan

It's WELCOME HOME day!

Painting:
None

Other:
Cushions in dining area
Clean bedroom
Clean upstairs hallway
Vaccuum (upstairs, downstairs, laundry room, stairs, stairs)
Laundry
Pick up a couple of things (D, M)
Hang hooks
Shelf out of O's room

How did I do?- Tuesday Edition

Painting:
Paint bookshelf accent colour (regretting the work this will be!)- Check!
Pick up paint for Dining room - Check!
Paint dining room, two coats - Check!

Other:
Up to school, printing - Check!
Decorate office!!!! - Check!
Clean! Clean! Clean! - Hoping to do some before I go to bed
Hang hooks in bedroom - Hoping to do before I go to bed
Buy Command hangers - Hoping to do before I go to bed

Let there be light...

I meant to say... The lanterns ARE lights! Battery powered. (On clearance!)

Reminding myself

As I am faced with cleaning messes like this...

like this...

and like this...

I am reminding myself that I could not be happier with this...

By the way, those messes were only the upstairs, I have two other floors to clean!

Update

I am sure it is no secret that I have lost steam. I could not be happier to see the painting stuff in the garbage.

Needless to say mom can say I told you so- I should not have done the dining room....

... but it is done!

Also done is O and M's "Welcome Home" wreath.

So much f--king cleaning to do! I feel sick.

Final coat of paint...

Won't be done fast enough!

One job done...

... The bookshelf is finally done-- it was painful but it is over!

It is in Otis's room right now- I will put it in the room once it dries!

I'll be honest...

... I don't feel like doing this anymore!

Tuesday's Plan

Painting:
Paint bookshelf accent colour (regretting the work this will be!)
Pick up paint for Dining room
Paint dining room, two coats

Other:
Hang hooks in bedroom
Buy Command hangers
Up to school, printing
Decorate office!!!!
Clean! Clean! Clean!

How did I do - Monday Edition

Well, it is not a very visual post tonight... getting tired!

Painting:
Buy new primer- check!
Paint book shelf with new primer- check!
Paint bookshelf- white- check!
Paint bedside table- check!
Spray paint mirror- check!
Paint bookshelf- sea glass- NOPE!

Other:
Run with T at 8am- check!
Out for dinner with Jodi and Ashley- check!
Clean bedroom- NOPE!
Clean kitchen- NOPE!
Clean basement- NOPE!
Welcome Home craft- NOPE!
Hang hooks in Master- NOPE!

I do hope to do a little cleaning tonight before I go to bed. 

Update

Well, things are getting taken off of the list!

I went for a run today and have not showered. I literally have not stopped running!

But the good news is that I am starting to get to do the fun things....

Monday's Plan

Painting:
Buy new primer
Paint book shelf with new primer
Paint bookshelf- white
Paint bookshelf- sea glass
Paint bedside table
Spray paint mirro

Sewing:
No more time for sewing... sigh!


Other:
Run with T at 8am
Clean bedroom
Clean kitchen
Clean basement
Welcome Home craft
Hang hooks in Master
Out for dinner with Jodi and Ashely

How did I do - Sunday Edition

Very little to post about the progress - All of my projects are kind of half way and I like to show the end products.

The truth is today was not a great day. Apparently, home improvements are fun when they go smoothly. Not so much today. 

Other:

Finished a little bit of shopping, including Michael's

I did one fun craft, you can see it tomorrow!

Sanded down and hung the doors - tough to shut, but hey, they are up!

Painting

I tried to do the painting of the furniture today. 

Bedside table has a coat of primer on it

The bookshelf... well... apparently, the waterbased primer was not enough... ARGH!

I think I can pick up some Kilz or whatever it is called tomorrow!

 

Well, I have a couple of small things to finish up and then I am heading to bed as Tamsin and I are running tomorrow at 8AM!

Hung

Well, they are hung!

It was not easy, it was not fun, but it is done.
I still have some work to do... they are very hard to close! I need to do some more sanding, I just can't handle it today!
Does that look like a whole day's work? NO!

Status

Project:  HALF done
Me:        COMPLETELY done


No more bi-fold door!

I just finished hanging half of the bi-fold closet door as a real door!

Worst job ever! And I still have half to go.

The problem is that the door was already tight in the frame, so by adding hinges, it is too tight so I have to use a hand sander and sand it down an entire centimeter (half each side), It is such a messy and nasty job. Unfortunately, I did not realize that the dust would go everywhere and I started the project in my newly painted office, with a white bedspread! Don't even get me started.

AND ONE MORE THING, I got this idea off of Pinterest (aka someone's blog), and while this woman described how SHE did this job... there is no way that she did this project ALONE. You should not use the word "I", if it is "WE" ... because some fool like me will try it alone, WITHOUT my carpenter husband, or at least someone to help hang the door!