Ready to start on the floor! Yaaaaayyyyy!
Bathroom check-in
The mudding-sanding-mudding-sanding-repeat seemed to go on FOREVAH! Yesterday I was finally ready to throw on a coat of primer.
Yay! Finally ready for the first coat of paint! But wait...just as with the hallway...that first coat of paint let me see all the boo-boos.
Yesterday, before dying completely at the end of the day, I re-mudded the icky spots. Today I sanded them...and saw more icky spots. Mudded them, let the mud dry, sanded them...and saw more icky spots. Repeat. The curse of a perfectionist. Finally was able to re-prime and re-paint the repaired areas.
As of this writing, it is now, really and truly, ready for the second and final coat of paint throughout.
Oh, and as for the shower door, I'm effectively delaying its replacement date until I'm damn good and ready by covering one side with masking tape and the other side with two coats of PolyAcrylic.
First I removed all the old, cucky caulk.
Oopsie! One of the shower doors didn't appreciate the vibrations.
Scraped up all the crumbs and blotches of vinyl adhesive,
and then vacuumed the floors.
And here's the after:
It's finally prime time!
Primed.
Yay! Finally ready for the first coat of paint! But wait...just as with the hallway...that first coat of paint let me see all the boo-boos.
"Jebus Cripes, when will it end?"
Yesterday, before dying completely at the end of the day, I re-mudded the icky spots. Today I sanded them...and saw more icky spots. Mudded them, let the mud dry, sanded them...and saw more icky spots. Repeat. The curse of a perfectionist. Finally was able to re-prime and re-paint the repaired areas.
As of this writing, it is now, really and truly, ready for the second and final coat of paint throughout.
Oh, and as for the shower door, I'm effectively delaying its replacement date until I'm damn good and ready by covering one side with masking tape and the other side with two coats of PolyAcrylic.
So there.
I'm Fancy Now
Old cutting board. Stained and gross. Came with the house, so 36 years old.
New cutting board!
Thank you, Corbin!!!
Really Excited Jet Ski + Bathroom Update
The mudding - sanding - repeat process takes a goodly amount of time. The 4th coat of mud was applied just yesterday and I simultaneously made a decision about the door.
The previous door opened INTO the bathroom, which is already about the size of a phone booth. I originally thought I would replace it with a pocket door, but while installing the additional outlet I was able to see inside the wall that would house the door while open. In my opinion, there were too many studs and electrical connections in there. I didn't feel like moving all that so I've decided to use a mirrored barn door.
Demolition of door frame:
I will only need to buy the hardware, as any of these will be easy for me to make. Full length mirrors on both sides will provide the illusion of expansion as well as dressing glass.
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