tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80458293258289416522024-03-05T12:04:44.824-06:00MacGIRLverThis is a blog about furniture makeovers, crafts, recipes, construction, whatever DIY project catches my fancy at the moment, and just my life in general.MacGIRLverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931643293282335693noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045829325828941652.post-46745100483717544232021-02-19T15:14:00.005-06:002021-02-19T16:17:51.268-06:00Reclaimed Wood Laundry Table<p></p><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was commissioned to make a table for a laundry room. The request was for reclaimed wood. She wanted spindle legs, the best I could do was half spindle as I only had short ones. I made these spindle legs in Mesa a few years ago it was quite fun turning them. I make two together and then chop through them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPt2pPr30VIqypXF4TRNG1mE-cjn2Wic2MkJn9_zwK2z-INUstHmNnh2PG1v48mFEn5d4F_dyT_SlHJFuZHiRgQz54W86F6g8vmSTHHbXxSbfLTSz-DI54ikqU8fvzLJPgdRxZp4Anu9d/s2048/36E322E5-1A9E-4E98-88C0-BF9F77E2DF59.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPt2pPr30VIqypXF4TRNG1mE-cjn2Wic2MkJn9_zwK2z-INUstHmNnh2PG1v48mFEn5d4F_dyT_SlHJFuZHiRgQz54W86F6g8vmSTHHbXxSbfLTSz-DI54ikqU8fvzLJPgdRxZp4Anu9d/w480-h640/36E322E5-1A9E-4E98-88C0-BF9F77E2DF59.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">4 legs</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMFdTQlr4ze8Kgw_C7C3OG4xAXGgBdN6HuHCvV07VPvz-7iulzfOsrODj4FRLZf5DKY5AMgHvRb1uB-fgbsyiSyngkZgLUHGCuhKkVUqIxHZxDzcCLx0PFAVMJDfzrLtSRd7Fzz8sgHJ8/s2048/C96F37FA-3357-4AF3-9084-490A33416FCD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMFdTQlr4ze8Kgw_C7C3OG4xAXGgBdN6HuHCvV07VPvz-7iulzfOsrODj4FRLZf5DKY5AMgHvRb1uB-fgbsyiSyngkZgLUHGCuhKkVUqIxHZxDzcCLx0PFAVMJDfzrLtSRd7Fzz8sgHJ8/w640-h480/C96F37FA-3357-4AF3-9084-490A33416FCD.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wood from an old shed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmt0qkUmdu4VGEvMtGkQncaIG3SOFIDAWjvMeBy9j-oXYG9B4Vr-2TgQP6uh9z9wLiZICXiVJuWq-3bBYJymGq-yVheg2HmeJy4kyBSSjHap7kYdlL7DekSltSj89aDF9UE70B-dMkjorV/s2048/9040C6F3-5409-42EF-BA8A-D505D5DDD668.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmt0qkUmdu4VGEvMtGkQncaIG3SOFIDAWjvMeBy9j-oXYG9B4Vr-2TgQP6uh9z9wLiZICXiVJuWq-3bBYJymGq-yVheg2HmeJy4kyBSSjHap7kYdlL7DekSltSj89aDF9UE70B-dMkjorV/w480-h640/9040C6F3-5409-42EF-BA8A-D505D5DDD668.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Look how the kerf marks show with just a little sanding.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6gBxzoTa2AVYhDIfihEr47coFZuxqM3KRoLk0oqIVPNRG-fixCivmyFdT1tSIwkZyUthVw20t3z68Ue3kSssFgguuu5Vl2o3GnIcqeg10b6lJNvTRhoxSTsyzGjhoPbXR9aGtJfcWkX4/s2048/3FCD163F-DC7B-439E-858B-E6C98A2EE4E8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6gBxzoTa2AVYhDIfihEr47coFZuxqM3KRoLk0oqIVPNRG-fixCivmyFdT1tSIwkZyUthVw20t3z68Ue3kSssFgguuu5Vl2o3GnIcqeg10b6lJNvTRhoxSTsyzGjhoPbXR9aGtJfcWkX4/w480-h640/3FCD163F-DC7B-439E-858B-E6C98A2EE4E8.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All had to be hand sanded as machine sanding creates so much dust and I’m working in the basement. If it wasn’t so cold out I would have hauled it out the back door.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVooDguwomlk476DZQjTStHUNPuCl59ykPjaOCkaWAFh_oJ9Pa0rNAAZgGSstwqpbDIrijAw_uLUO0hmQlv1BLEpLDdn8b7MLaJO06Ag4Mhc5jBIRZTsk_yAUf0uyFjO8jeQjZ0jWZGsqV/s2048/B333B5A3-55B7-4157-8B0E-460169057696.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVooDguwomlk476DZQjTStHUNPuCl59ykPjaOCkaWAFh_oJ9Pa0rNAAZgGSstwqpbDIrijAw_uLUO0hmQlv1BLEpLDdn8b7MLaJO06Ag4Mhc5jBIRZTsk_yAUf0uyFjO8jeQjZ0jWZGsqV/w480-h640/B333B5A3-55B7-4157-8B0E-460169057696.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Gotta love a Kreg jig!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6tPFmOcikPB5pEwvUS560hfyac2yL02dgWm1Zew72POhyphenhyphenS7uJMQ_lV3bma7hO5t4Z3n3lSo1ZU_hbwav7HB_mKkltBeGqk2_XUJfVxQ6GwLlbQtp8yLmt7FHuEvuN_5z5fPfgncaNSPi/s2048/ABFD07C4-A3BD-48FD-9359-2DA1FF5A3D21.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6tPFmOcikPB5pEwvUS560hfyac2yL02dgWm1Zew72POhyphenhyphenS7uJMQ_lV3bma7hO5t4Z3n3lSo1ZU_hbwav7HB_mKkltBeGqk2_XUJfVxQ6GwLlbQtp8yLmt7FHuEvuN_5z5fPfgncaNSPi/w480-h640/ABFD07C4-A3BD-48FD-9359-2DA1FF5A3D21.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Top half complete!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6schid_0bu7-2MI-c01b75DtuCc1XpeiqEVynwLJM_JFNLFqO0MTpRN39T6I2TaK6JLlVlVqWxpKIPp7RBIG6CNkJwIW6WujxLNGUpM-_UC7P4n7kdvsxIXn6ujYedyD_IxvjG0Wpw7R/s2048/8D7FAA90-3426-4C23-8EC4-65F9FD94F72C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6schid_0bu7-2MI-c01b75DtuCc1XpeiqEVynwLJM_JFNLFqO0MTpRN39T6I2TaK6JLlVlVqWxpKIPp7RBIG6CNkJwIW6WujxLNGUpM-_UC7P4n7kdvsxIXn6ujYedyD_IxvjG0Wpw7R/w480-h640/8D7FAA90-3426-4C23-8EC4-65F9FD94F72C.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wave my magic wand...bottom half done!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I painted the spindle legs to look old and rough.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What do you think?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> I wish I had room for it in my laundry room!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMW_CA-JXjrgK7kuCYkE4_wjcamirH7AoXAvdbgsz3GmSg4aX9uGlhJBvzGRKEFJzDVBa3v-wmyHFldvMX02ak7ghQb7F3RDRqfaKbJHb1zqQFG7cnzJKptNkbyzqOXAqhqdjr0PbbAqId/s2048/70BDDD09-BB32-4222-A36D-E4CFC6813BD7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMW_CA-JXjrgK7kuCYkE4_wjcamirH7AoXAvdbgsz3GmSg4aX9uGlhJBvzGRKEFJzDVBa3v-wmyHFldvMX02ak7ghQb7F3RDRqfaKbJHb1zqQFG7cnzJKptNkbyzqOXAqhqdjr0PbbAqId/w480-h640/70BDDD09-BB32-4222-A36D-E4CFC6813BD7.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy47h09LapZLVYWGb4d1U-74orRzgvbKUnK0ktoQSNX6iWmz4FmmY74v0kjQx5Wys-KxhraO9tWN3ycfYa_Dsza1d6tdcpuChgWcPYY5R3B11qfzXjrT2G7HBy1QvDw701mwibEhG2ghm1/w480-h640/3B4672D1-8286-49EA-AFD6-7BBE07411269.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><p></p></div>MacGIRLverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931643293282335693noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045829325828941652.post-5569531305212768702021-02-18T00:03:00.000-06:002021-02-18T00:03:12.943-06:00A Pair of Bedside Tables<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I wanted to make some bedside tables for a friend. I went out to the shed to find some 1 X 4's, got them cut up, and then...I found some wood that Johnny had reclaimed from some big crates or something. It was perfect so I used some 1 X 4's for the bottom and then used the new found wood for the rest.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YJIkcyJMCE8dLpjyXidCSF1PmqwEOmgoejvVb59dpBi7ej8oeWputB9GLUCLf7a_HOG-O6yf0EkKzHsGyRh2BuspDwfeWyMQAWxpMkH12qvf5BtyuSucxbyJGnHXEuAbVARCwRHf9skt/s2048/0A43E531-4733-47CF-91A2-2EC56A06D756.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YJIkcyJMCE8dLpjyXidCSF1PmqwEOmgoejvVb59dpBi7ej8oeWputB9GLUCLf7a_HOG-O6yf0EkKzHsGyRh2BuspDwfeWyMQAWxpMkH12qvf5BtyuSucxbyJGnHXEuAbVARCwRHf9skt/w480-h640/0A43E531-4733-47CF-91A2-2EC56A06D756.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I finally used two sets of the hairpin legs that my son made for me, I've been hoarding them!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7oW_ajXLYC9uB5uoIJkZEwBibvGTYV4aHnTMHjg7veymPgXq9gOisUDqhaUmznR1wCSZHEr1j-AjWLaxTQ5UsZpDCofW-UM9VPZ9xJ-LpzuZolrhF5XGy1fjEBLhvEGj54OeDWonI8OSZ/s2048/805205B1-E96E-4037-86C3-C63FC2FD74C3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7oW_ajXLYC9uB5uoIJkZEwBibvGTYV4aHnTMHjg7veymPgXq9gOisUDqhaUmznR1wCSZHEr1j-AjWLaxTQ5UsZpDCofW-UM9VPZ9xJ-LpzuZolrhF5XGy1fjEBLhvEGj54OeDWonI8OSZ/w480-h640/805205B1-E96E-4037-86C3-C63FC2FD74C3.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Look at the old pulls that Johnny had in his stash, thank goodness he didn't throw them out. They came complete with chippy white paint.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDudf4JQR3NCx7ISOg1TDrRHAOijpir-mDL8djsbEZAaUsNQlWsjGxkiAVF4o1XN_r5ZMY5CQqPF3TLvtvO45ZJ75Ayq9_2lomPC2kMrLvvxsk0hIGQMEvjLD_Bs7v8IZdG_AAhTOn8di/s2048/60C10557-AF90-4C9D-921C-7A4A3A0D6A4A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDudf4JQR3NCx7ISOg1TDrRHAOijpir-mDL8djsbEZAaUsNQlWsjGxkiAVF4o1XN_r5ZMY5CQqPF3TLvtvO45ZJ75Ayq9_2lomPC2kMrLvvxsk0hIGQMEvjLD_Bs7v8IZdG_AAhTOn8di/w480-h640/60C10557-AF90-4C9D-921C-7A4A3A0D6A4A.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I love the original numbers that were stenciled on the wood.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLtxqHwhAVIqAaihOjnFL23WBXLNMKxB43bbX26FIwKjtcVl75tt7eu_2YyjpJeKFKJqGZUxxm76B5LSR075DiGn5-kdagy6OHqLNdV6hDIMn5s3npHGRFGEWkD0E9LhT6YIDG3_NZhra/s2048/9D826544-C9F3-42DE-80CD-1A7B218510A8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLtxqHwhAVIqAaihOjnFL23WBXLNMKxB43bbX26FIwKjtcVl75tt7eu_2YyjpJeKFKJqGZUxxm76B5LSR075DiGn5-kdagy6OHqLNdV6hDIMn5s3npHGRFGEWkD0E9LhT6YIDG3_NZhra/w640-h480/9D826544-C9F3-42DE-80CD-1A7B218510A8.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I added hinges to the bottom of the doors.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzVGmn80Kdjkj999E6NKWZ663d7CyOPgJ1zhAoDeAO5yOj2ZqQIyJBz4bahhvkWwzPDa6R_QpSEg6IWx-JO5D9cDS2Csg7jdbK0RRZ0I0BICBN0wwe3gW73X7JnO0lPByXCmZaR4GLQ1V/s2048/B90DE345-AA57-41C8-9382-6ADDC466A904.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzVGmn80Kdjkj999E6NKWZ663d7CyOPgJ1zhAoDeAO5yOj2ZqQIyJBz4bahhvkWwzPDa6R_QpSEg6IWx-JO5D9cDS2Csg7jdbK0RRZ0I0BICBN0wwe3gW73X7JnO0lPByXCmZaR4GLQ1V/w640-h480/B90DE345-AA57-41C8-9382-6ADDC466A904.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I stenciled on the front of the crates.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKqwLnmqI7rBfLT9ZmWVQdWop-PsT2lpSHciYLmVnuUvxo0uv4nzsR89nxIrLWvzJniTjQSYttAS0dRoJq4AQVRzHUT3x0GfL6m1YYWltSbIkx1fO6_587fcb4RNRYZYcEDmxGzlx96b0/s2048/E023E6B9-5AAB-40A6-8850-3DFEEDC31DA3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKqwLnmqI7rBfLT9ZmWVQdWop-PsT2lpSHciYLmVnuUvxo0uv4nzsR89nxIrLWvzJniTjQSYttAS0dRoJq4AQVRzHUT3x0GfL6m1YYWltSbIkx1fO6_587fcb4RNRYZYcEDmxGzlx96b0/w640-h480/E023E6B9-5AAB-40A6-8850-3DFEEDC31DA3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The recipient of these beauties is the person that bought our house and property which we called Old Mill Farm, because we had a hobby farm on the spot that once was an old mill.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Pelican Ice Co. was a sister business to the mill, and when we bought the property there were some papers in the little building that was used as an office, we are assuming for both businesses.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2p9hDd-Z256mOZXe2_pqHOfxMSgjRaDpqeRCXq4NI9fe0jV0_hUNUz79hcjXTk4vt9hSGXTARQPUihw0l59_apnxA6mL7leFztKknh8enysqqYNjng5twqqRIE_TpllXXGzk1Iej2X8c/s2048/73F9E191-7FFE-4A40-8045-19C74DC0648D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What do you think? Would you use these in your bedroom?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>MacGIRLverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931643293282335693noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045829325828941652.post-65101066965718257772021-02-17T23:43:00.000-06:002021-02-17T23:43:33.959-06:00A Tiny Laundry Room Update and What Has Johnny Been Doing?<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Some people have been asking what Johnny has been up to.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He's moving from one project to another and always organizing in between.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He tackled this little closet. He tore out the wall that was built inside the exterior cement wall, and then rebuilt the stud wall and insulated.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuZj3V1uXlliucv10JgXMtMz1niPdy_CRFXNKyPKVKBuNY1xt4gVVyy6EuDW9lgHC27MWAfLycn42O0pfgme89inxsFhu6Oo79nnDpSs_QvTaJNIPJ1Owf42p7dZ3cqZMe0gBLRonTi-R/s640/IMG_6981+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuZj3V1uXlliucv10JgXMtMz1niPdy_CRFXNKyPKVKBuNY1xt4gVVyy6EuDW9lgHC27MWAfLycn42O0pfgme89inxsFhu6Oo79nnDpSs_QvTaJNIPJ1Owf42p7dZ3cqZMe0gBLRonTi-R/w480-h640/IMG_6981+%25281%2529.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then he nervously moved the light fixture and removed an old heater that was not required anymore.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He made me stay there to witness his death...he survived.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirB5og-6ZWXUd7gMhRWSomJTw_gZ4wyMeHcLtTjy1gKvdRrEsqSkbh_UkzGxVnCjfAQJL1OO7v-0powJp6lMb_AtGtAq6zs9atCeQ3JI4ExouX9M9O9fWF4-7nlp_AdrtAC7bqJGeSuWLE/s640/IMG_6990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirB5og-6ZWXUd7gMhRWSomJTw_gZ4wyMeHcLtTjy1gKvdRrEsqSkbh_UkzGxVnCjfAQJL1OO7v-0powJp6lMb_AtGtAq6zs9atCeQ3JI4ExouX9M9O9fWF4-7nlp_AdrtAC7bqJGeSuWLE/w480-h640/IMG_6990.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He installed 3 doors, the two on the left, and one on the closet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5cKiOUt3WS3EklRBT6Z2TKNgRsQPhyL9PNCImHUEooPE0kKSOkePhuULi5rxCO0iLwd4v2F2ZmroHv-H66PpcCONkmLiRoWWh8VjnknCdHaCtxS2AiMq37kuniY8i7rX8Co2rQN6_gN3/s640/IMG_7028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5cKiOUt3WS3EklRBT6Z2TKNgRsQPhyL9PNCImHUEooPE0kKSOkePhuULi5rxCO0iLwd4v2F2ZmroHv-H66PpcCONkmLiRoWWh8VjnknCdHaCtxS2AiMq37kuniY8i7rX8Co2rQN6_gN3/w640-h480/IMG_7028.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is the closet, already in use. He even painted the window because he couldn't stand it the way it was. It will be changed next summer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguF2mHBnKdxbJMNUvRn7EmPg1O4XOF5kxla_0m95j4vrucEoqCtKhjShtW36HDIW6WA-BQx6Vi41QXCg4M9GesRbOSVBtCIcAElSuk4FLIg4-gCACQYrE9mVBntF8uZlaCMWXQpYEt_Cm5/s2048/BA364B92-D46A-465F-ACA0-AB940E6A154C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ib4_-Rw_fgOeuO5i8-lDTI3YsW7C8XnqgpHp3dIPwwlskulwSG7g9tQ-_uCPQ-n3N8uQGhuq_5ZIQz2U8lV6UBfwf7oaOUJyh5LNbRTOPjcTEbuca5o3hPB03bCnRwxfPYcLuvaBlIAB/w480-h640/F8F6ACEF-E201-4450-B054-E0443FAC666A.jpeg" width="480" /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">When that was all done, the walls looked so bad beside the freshly painted doors that he ended up painting two walls, you have no idea what a big deal that is, he never paints walls....ever!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hL6opa0glEK298PHJQlGLZ_q72ZapbCPeuDp6VwoFHbYQcfBoeBLWmV_X496uDKkoBABzMIih9_TRWKxnMUoThrjJAL6TyqhWDsw_cDemuXgZAN7uMLEQJlGF0KYcUx4nPn8zMulqynB/s2048/666C26AF-F022-42DA-B511-7A9564F0D20C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hL6opa0glEK298PHJQlGLZ_q72ZapbCPeuDp6VwoFHbYQcfBoeBLWmV_X496uDKkoBABzMIih9_TRWKxnMUoThrjJAL6TyqhWDsw_cDemuXgZAN7uMLEQJlGF0KYcUx4nPn8zMulqynB/w640-h480/666C26AF-F022-42DA-B511-7A9564F0D20C.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ib4_-Rw_fgOeuO5i8-lDTI3YsW7C8XnqgpHp3dIPwwlskulwSG7g9tQ-_uCPQ-n3N8uQGhuq_5ZIQz2U8lV6UBfwf7oaOUJyh5LNbRTOPjcTEbuca5o3hPB03bCnRwxfPYcLuvaBlIAB/s2048/F8F6ACEF-E201-4450-B054-E0443FAC666A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When this project was done he worked some more on building the perimeter wall in the other room.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfWlWVB8_-jcqiIkBVdLL2xe8nDzv0OlQfXnZsJTZBiBeodK6BbubquPXhHs9Raxcxmt2mmU5pWK_fp_bkvuhLa-rp1OV8TgQnNqKL0YZJ1VSm3orHAsC4htY-NpavQ14UJfRzkLoLMin/s640/IMG_6861.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfWlWVB8_-jcqiIkBVdLL2xe8nDzv0OlQfXnZsJTZBiBeodK6BbubquPXhHs9Raxcxmt2mmU5pWK_fp_bkvuhLa-rp1OV8TgQnNqKL0YZJ1VSm3orHAsC4htY-NpavQ14UJfRzkLoLMin/w480-h640/IMG_6861.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"> So that is some of what Johnny has been keeping busy with.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">*************************************************************************</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, moving on, I forgot to tell you about the shelves I put up in the laundry room. I used an old plain bifold door panel. I cut it down to 8" wide, then cut 2' off the end to use for the small shelf, and used the big piece for the other shelf. </span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU08bTQzZGV3irM0bc4KTwaaQGHKAwQ2DaKkrvFOY24tDFa3NORvoUQdNj2S9iGZQ_tZB8GlSydWD_wqWSEHEzy-Ex2WcRXIAI_Y1fWPVeS3GBuFrH9sSbv7XXEkfvmtGVGk6wQgWAnzci/s2048/6B3680EA-1AE6-4BBB-806D-75866BD4AA0F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU08bTQzZGV3irM0bc4KTwaaQGHKAwQ2DaKkrvFOY24tDFa3NORvoUQdNj2S9iGZQ_tZB8GlSydWD_wqWSEHEzy-Ex2WcRXIAI_Y1fWPVeS3GBuFrH9sSbv7XXEkfvmtGVGk6wQgWAnzci/s320/6B3680EA-1AE6-4BBB-806D-75866BD4AA0F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I also made some shelf supports, stained everything with Java Gel Stain and attached them to the walls.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVwPoa_QM8lBTW9zQ-pCdgL9iBQIPJ3XZdA-HLeeop0A5kXB1Aqrk4HjbzpP3WCH_IyGA5XcwiFyJir25_eLdlAFP97NGh0af413wEjmQazY6NxQQWDamT43vfxVWSOFGDT_gbIMnLqgrt/s2048/78B9253F-A335-44F5-A8F6-E160E4BC3CC0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVwPoa_QM8lBTW9zQ-pCdgL9iBQIPJ3XZdA-HLeeop0A5kXB1Aqrk4HjbzpP3WCH_IyGA5XcwiFyJir25_eLdlAFP97NGh0af413wEjmQazY6NxQQWDamT43vfxVWSOFGDT_gbIMnLqgrt/s320/78B9253F-A335-44F5-A8F6-E160E4BC3CC0.jpeg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>MacGIRLverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931643293282335693noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045829325828941652.post-18780245512931733942021-02-11T22:19:00.002-06:002021-02-11T22:24:21.405-06:00Laundry Room, Final Edition<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It’s been a long time coming but finally the laundry room is done, well, my part anyway. The electrical needs to be finished and the ceiling needs to be done.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is what I’ve done since my last post. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I painted the little corner cupboard, I ran out of paint so I took three colours I had and mixed them together, I came pretty close.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPbJsDHcrS3FwlMek-FGuiqJmcGwvWeqKmJc0IHMe9Zpr3eNfLyw8RKUCsIDTbHi33mZgRZ7lg92HbNWoS9OHKas4w6Tw9zqheJDeh22ui2yd-hUJ9VpPwNO0Cjm17H5XjYWUIVv3YQos/s2048/A8644F00-E9B4-4B94-A1D3-45D85FB4532A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPbJsDHcrS3FwlMek-FGuiqJmcGwvWeqKmJc0IHMe9Zpr3eNfLyw8RKUCsIDTbHi33mZgRZ7lg92HbNWoS9OHKas4w6Tw9zqheJDeh22ui2yd-hUJ9VpPwNO0Cjm17H5XjYWUIVv3YQos/w480-h640/A8644F00-E9B4-4B94-A1D3-45D85FB4532A.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then I made Johnny’s little divider wall into a cupboard to hide more of the drain pipes. Can you see it?</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdyojHoR43L54ZM67tLuNSaLgFCvyksOkgbIkZKh-VcJgNi_iYLY7YD1sKPTuyvbNJP0nZH5SDQef7KOYl4M6_f6jq_5NFKWa15pMFuXwL_eayuxI9B3J_TUycd1bNh_nsunnoJ_j_FKI/s2048/D6A13F88-F23F-4F2D-A6E9-3ADC2FBA1DCD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdyojHoR43L54ZM67tLuNSaLgFCvyksOkgbIkZKh-VcJgNi_iYLY7YD1sKPTuyvbNJP0nZH5SDQef7KOYl4M6_f6jq_5NFKWa15pMFuXwL_eayuxI9B3J_TUycd1bNh_nsunnoJ_j_FKI/w480-h640/D6A13F88-F23F-4F2D-A6E9-3ADC2FBA1DCD.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Can you see it now?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibsHNpNfa84iS4ANnT1OPy3Yqum3mTS7DTM1sSeLeSQSXso2IKpqWoun26suy985yxd9gjakGACDJBWfrp36fcOLa35NjjEEk1UTJ9Z8cJ9JMuDE6mxO1e7ltYJGLGU6k2MsKnrBMhJLsh/s2048/DDB26949-3927-4731-AAEA-C4793E0F4EE5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibsHNpNfa84iS4ANnT1OPy3Yqum3mTS7DTM1sSeLeSQSXso2IKpqWoun26suy985yxd9gjakGACDJBWfrp36fcOLa35NjjEEk1UTJ9Z8cJ9JMuDE6mxO1e7ltYJGLGU6k2MsKnrBMhJLsh/w480-h640/DDB26949-3927-4731-AAEA-C4793E0F4EE5.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These were the three colours I used to mix the paint. Baby blue, Greek blue and yellow. I figured I didn’t have anything to lose.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjesxKXm-scvBGrKuP7HjehlkmcWZBLUSbs3uTuql2502W7VVYdFRUJftiXZZUuOG5PGWua9ofZa6yrkMLZ0Nx6s-g3zTZbEelcUQ7Fk4CcVmS0-3H6fyFwJgRf7qakO0ZbpZSb_KydumpQ/s2048/DFD02BB4-5BA9-4AE0-97D1-9322A8F15404.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjesxKXm-scvBGrKuP7HjehlkmcWZBLUSbs3uTuql2502W7VVYdFRUJftiXZZUuOG5PGWua9ofZa6yrkMLZ0Nx6s-g3zTZbEelcUQ7Fk4CcVmS0-3H6fyFwJgRf7qakO0ZbpZSb_KydumpQ/w480-h640/DFD02BB4-5BA9-4AE0-97D1-9322A8F15404.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We decided to put up a shelf that we saved from the stone house. </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixabafn0PIGU5dJqz3HfSsS-hIT54-icBFnj0-QX7DU1DGd_HvbIjpRXxWHly9VqYdqP-0GC7LEoHYtuFGnN_tdz65EvzlKzKaRTK-EH0ZSMs5B20W58f0H2xZAtNa2oeD1t3qrOuGmKPM/s2048/BF148249-08AD-46C3-ADD4-7D2C8987DEF5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixabafn0PIGU5dJqz3HfSsS-hIT54-icBFnj0-QX7DU1DGd_HvbIjpRXxWHly9VqYdqP-0GC7LEoHYtuFGnN_tdz65EvzlKzKaRTK-EH0ZSMs5B20W58f0H2xZAtNa2oeD1t3qrOuGmKPM/w640-h480/BF148249-08AD-46C3-ADD4-7D2C8987DEF5.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4H5oXjD2pZn2SQWSE3DGBYmq_kKM7XYHeCQ6fG-SFN8sa3Rf4-UiQW6Lb_MyduEJn7gAJ5w-V7Cio3W1ny5oihuGiPUQdbzFVhi8XXtiCHfSZ7UewoYFUjfy-_rsmxGg1U9oL9dqSvxdJ/s2048/9758418F-4056-4C4E-8357-66C3557B711F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4H5oXjD2pZn2SQWSE3DGBYmq_kKM7XYHeCQ6fG-SFN8sa3Rf4-UiQW6Lb_MyduEJn7gAJ5w-V7Cio3W1ny5oihuGiPUQdbzFVhi8XXtiCHfSZ7UewoYFUjfy-_rsmxGg1U9oL9dqSvxdJ/w640-h480/9758418F-4056-4C4E-8357-66C3557B711F.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I made a little cabinet to fill the space between the machines, with a matching countertop.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7ZExFQ5v1GfEP6pmZru4oEQ9lXc3uT19Ej6UQG1yTVuTJouON5lyZKR4D6qF4hwZyYo1xhDoqGYU9EWTaZRCVbw2mvisip4kjINCvC4_WtNzebhCEKL_do5E2g9_o_m-JjyQ39m2zJea/s2048/028B6E18-9F0A-4FBF-8BBE-CE16C3C010F4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7ZExFQ5v1GfEP6pmZru4oEQ9lXc3uT19Ej6UQG1yTVuTJouON5lyZKR4D6qF4hwZyYo1xhDoqGYU9EWTaZRCVbw2mvisip4kjINCvC4_WtNzebhCEKL_do5E2g9_o_m-JjyQ39m2zJea/w480-h640/028B6E18-9F0A-4FBF-8BBE-CE16C3C010F4.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Time to decorate! A friend gave me this great window years ago, I finally get to use it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3zGxQjGxtS5729eWkUVID4jjS8Y1_tY750znP4UAMCJSPmq-7DwuckLXQxWtJhkO-iraGWa4vU8CGq5Lu86VPKR2iOp-Pk0dzTiEkVeeAaoA4HsyDeeSAEOc-CmF-abqwCZZoc5HRZye/s2048/3647C31F-F74A-4E3C-B2A4-3D6CEC593725.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3zGxQjGxtS5729eWkUVID4jjS8Y1_tY750znP4UAMCJSPmq-7DwuckLXQxWtJhkO-iraGWa4vU8CGq5Lu86VPKR2iOp-Pk0dzTiEkVeeAaoA4HsyDeeSAEOc-CmF-abqwCZZoc5HRZye/w480-h640/3647C31F-F74A-4E3C-B2A4-3D6CEC593725.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJx8E1I2-8pKrHHHJLGs0arabBBoD2RKRMdrbmICD9cNYm4c1pDAM0HyXcouo5w0jjqIuE-xB5Ec5RAITkoNaOA2COvKFHlrQ_XDwp23zT-_U3ah2QQxg9LinTl_Tz6zAwhWTkyGcRFBr/s2048/9890D8B7-30DE-4BE6-AA63-D33A1176EFF6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJx8E1I2-8pKrHHHJLGs0arabBBoD2RKRMdrbmICD9cNYm4c1pDAM0HyXcouo5w0jjqIuE-xB5Ec5RAITkoNaOA2COvKFHlrQ_XDwp23zT-_U3ah2QQxg9LinTl_Tz6zAwhWTkyGcRFBr/w640-h480/9890D8B7-30DE-4BE6-AA63-D33A1176EFF6.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Finally displaying some of my enamelware.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZUl7gR864oWGp_epb_0PUk6Vb7mDsoRRERnlSMyq0DKWKKie09NwLaGsBYpsw2l52XFsBKjiBCmp4SEudG_FAXkDUXETLs2L1TQlPILkPG6UpGZABDAjgq2PloNCeKjSFE7K6NJNtKlV/s2048/A1D60A1C-6248-4A84-BCF8-F02421D9B9E1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZUl7gR864oWGp_epb_0PUk6Vb7mDsoRRERnlSMyq0DKWKKie09NwLaGsBYpsw2l52XFsBKjiBCmp4SEudG_FAXkDUXETLs2L1TQlPILkPG6UpGZABDAjgq2PloNCeKjSFE7K6NJNtKlV/w480-h640/A1D60A1C-6248-4A84-BCF8-F02421D9B9E1.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And some more. I have a little more, but it is a small room.</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLw2d98GvMK231objMaGu7K0CehVKIIDrJjyGD24w-UMImW0krz4ypnxGukQsQzGAcHMOlInGAjzgJ6A568lztSFQ5qlEmfjeO_s41seLKjIY5QuNSM9rWKPNEdu43Ma8_ZnGEptxZHSBn/s2048/E37791E2-E52F-4F02-8C75-C1531826D5F3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLw2d98GvMK231objMaGu7K0CehVKIIDrJjyGD24w-UMImW0krz4ypnxGukQsQzGAcHMOlInGAjzgJ6A568lztSFQ5qlEmfjeO_s41seLKjIY5QuNSM9rWKPNEdu43Ma8_ZnGEptxZHSBn/w640-h480/E37791E2-E52F-4F02-8C75-C1531826D5F3.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My Gram with some of us kids, I was the baby here.</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHuX5ALP9LgAtisvQClTsDoaG9TX4qqk7rjFjTg2W3XCEiAWEQH3flp8bR4UJfE7ArU1lDSJedG87zsXZoMwBnB8KLtRdEWqo0FBqMJS5wku2CPzgB25d1qRguW5iMlBi5FAjKJ-tMTiZZ/s2048/317941BC-ED15-48F3-88E6-1AA042E12809.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHuX5ALP9LgAtisvQClTsDoaG9TX4qqk7rjFjTg2W3XCEiAWEQH3flp8bR4UJfE7ArU1lDSJedG87zsXZoMwBnB8KLtRdEWqo0FBqMJS5wku2CPzgB25d1qRguW5iMlBi5FAjKJ-tMTiZZ/w640-h480/317941BC-ED15-48F3-88E6-1AA042E12809.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFL7758DIKj9zHSKfgXxTZ7SiZqgSE44cCOiZj1vkmJeEW5h7VWyLYB0ncA_ZiFHUqNNw8dxSNKiWRZCAeRtpzcRJ2NNE8A_Db4Zem5mw-_lOjovWhmKynjb1RNg3pXIbXTSp00GwMa0Xo/s2048/4127EB3F-A3E9-4228-9ACF-4EAFB2385558.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFL7758DIKj9zHSKfgXxTZ7SiZqgSE44cCOiZj1vkmJeEW5h7VWyLYB0ncA_ZiFHUqNNw8dxSNKiWRZCAeRtpzcRJ2NNE8A_Db4Zem5mw-_lOjovWhmKynjb1RNg3pXIbXTSp00GwMa0Xo/w640-h480/4127EB3F-A3E9-4228-9ACF-4EAFB2385558.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A couple of old Javex bottles are the only “laundry” type decor. I used to have a couple of washboards but I sold them.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkfIoLxxZSwAMbpCx0G07J8HcuHmAE4VxfCdmZREgDsCAGNS04IoPVBFHEdiv9hV6RAAuxidA6_asojeFFULESGvTIGhkrc2MQ_c65KbchxNqUQH79Fy3Ujoslw1KfyVNHborDYJqXKo13/s2048/9CC310D0-1478-43F5-B1F1-028AE9140142.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkfIoLxxZSwAMbpCx0G07J8HcuHmAE4VxfCdmZREgDsCAGNS04IoPVBFHEdiv9hV6RAAuxidA6_asojeFFULESGvTIGhkrc2MQ_c65KbchxNqUQH79Fy3Ujoslw1KfyVNHborDYJqXKo13/w480-h640/9CC310D0-1478-43F5-B1F1-028AE9140142.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> A few quilts in the corner cupboard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXjR2Qbj4iKotYIBeUUg1J9LIK9s4QXM5g9Y6tf8fMfTxB64iwXzgSZGuKH5d5PVUZLc_yJ8y4YbyA0F-vRjKuKKdEH9CmFa8ZJUI2iEm4BiEM1EpDN_IJ3ErhsZizkVy8WI4jX6hnbBD/s2048/A429491F-B6FB-4AF4-BE63-C79919B83BEC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXjR2Qbj4iKotYIBeUUg1J9LIK9s4QXM5g9Y6tf8fMfTxB64iwXzgSZGuKH5d5PVUZLc_yJ8y4YbyA0F-vRjKuKKdEH9CmFa8ZJUI2iEm4BiEM1EpDN_IJ3ErhsZizkVy8WI4jX6hnbBD/w480-h640/A429491F-B6FB-4AF4-BE63-C79919B83BEC.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks for hanging out with me during this laundry room renovation. It looks nothing like I had planned when I started but I’m flexible and use what comes to me. The spray foam insulation, wiring and plumbing are the only things we purchased for this room.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh and next summer we will be changing windows in the whole basement. I’ll trim it out at that time. Right now it’s an eyesore!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I hope this post doesn’t go wonky, I created the whole thing with my phone!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>MacGIRLverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931643293282335693noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045829325828941652.post-86104673966321153312021-02-04T23:50:00.000-06:002021-02-04T23:50:39.824-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: center;">Laundry Room Part 3, For Sure This Time</h3><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I got a little carried away working on the red cabinet that I showed you in my last post. That was a lot of fun, but since then I have been slowly working on the last wall, and cabinets and countertop for the laundry room.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I painted the shiplap and tacked it in place, temporarily.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEMRC48USDI70WaWX5gKYsOWIohsCLpFGfMeoOj1vXuxlvwgWKBeJnGBT9SoemSPDyjp1_hT4l1hDLGtP8ROcKuuY7XzfPYO4F8AQvO005k1xwRn7ypNiiayFNV4C74EVCVx655zIYGUf/s640/IMG_6798.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEMRC48USDI70WaWX5gKYsOWIohsCLpFGfMeoOj1vXuxlvwgWKBeJnGBT9SoemSPDyjp1_hT4l1hDLGtP8ROcKuuY7XzfPYO4F8AQvO005k1xwRn7ypNiiayFNV4C74EVCVx655zIYGUf/w640-h480/IMG_6798.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I started by putting together 3 old wall cabinets and building a base for them to make them a little bit taller, so the counter would end up at a comfortable height. I used wall cabinets because I don't need deep cabinets for storage and I didn't want them crowding the room.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVOAoCO1A8tFe6fyRGHyPp4j46oV1lDyL7o-OXiAz3B1ajvehWHpEkP2HWAh4C4p1pUwAhxoie0Yk45NPA4L1vRj3JiM-3AVnL7J7P32BeE9ZcT5EqJFFcMpIP3ehb_ZVuCQXhr7-9OMm/s640/IMG_6807.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVOAoCO1A8tFe6fyRGHyPp4j46oV1lDyL7o-OXiAz3B1ajvehWHpEkP2HWAh4C4p1pUwAhxoie0Yk45NPA4L1vRj3JiM-3AVnL7J7P32BeE9ZcT5EqJFFcMpIP3ehb_ZVuCQXhr7-9OMm/w640-h480/IMG_6807.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I painted all the cabinets the same colour as the cabinets I put up over the washer and dryer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJFPytmHvD71Z499ba5Q3d9aB05gUFhwqw7XufjJxTduRI4IXWddA2HLLu09ArFf2q5U8vL0PTbS9zw4T1XLMwkQLhfJqn6UkwuZpJN-z_Uxhv5enmEsKXTMZ8DbVLoeS09gR9rcvKHwFl/s640/IMG_6833.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJFPytmHvD71Z499ba5Q3d9aB05gUFhwqw7XufjJxTduRI4IXWddA2HLLu09ArFf2q5U8vL0PTbS9zw4T1XLMwkQLhfJqn6UkwuZpJN-z_Uxhv5enmEsKXTMZ8DbVLoeS09gR9rcvKHwFl/w640-h480/IMG_6833.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Time to start the countertop. I used some bundles of short flooring pieces that were left in the basement when we moved in. I knew I would find a good use for them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfdvWKItDELOdX16vF2ygbc8kQpJI6B_YxiciE5kCzcUQ4-JIbR0kp0QHzWpLZIejWZ9Btw29SN5q5vrFp4KQophAzb509GxrjO2tMOV9MyVIQhPgi7jMfJkosyYFKNwmqTWz5jEd9-HF5/s640/IMG_6837.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfdvWKItDELOdX16vF2ygbc8kQpJI6B_YxiciE5kCzcUQ4-JIbR0kp0QHzWpLZIejWZ9Btw29SN5q5vrFp4KQophAzb509GxrjO2tMOV9MyVIQhPgi7jMfJkosyYFKNwmqTWz5jEd9-HF5/w640-h480/IMG_6837.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ready for stain.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbWZap_Sm-pHh0LW-45ZFxP8upleIuT31NLX9YO6LheO-oEyjUjnssqR8veP1F6vw6G5QEN6FC_LiQPTyfqm-_h46YUI3GCXsWXqYlXH-Z8njfbKj-q5O9IuQyPhdUepiOJ4xU3WVFBmk/s640/IMG_6883.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbWZap_Sm-pHh0LW-45ZFxP8upleIuT31NLX9YO6LheO-oEyjUjnssqR8veP1F6vw6G5QEN6FC_LiQPTyfqm-_h46YUI3GCXsWXqYlXH-Z8njfbKj-q5O9IuQyPhdUepiOJ4xU3WVFBmk/w480-h640/IMG_6883.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I had to take down all the shiplap so the insulation could be installed. Our son used a spray foam kit, but it didn't go far enough so Johnny filled in the wall cavity with some insulation he had taken out of another space and saved it because it was too good to throw out.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYc8RXT2OycoZDgGm_mgLdBWZXHm07fPuZ3RZZzsj231ZWKrscxGBykE6cqYTex2RG0ucrLc2yoUq8gsuurrf1CWmcEC6WRoIywE_j2e2xKux1-J6I0c_ujQav3LRf8ILP1z8fc1y8mPO/s640/IMG_6903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYc8RXT2OycoZDgGm_mgLdBWZXHm07fPuZ3RZZzsj231ZWKrscxGBykE6cqYTex2RG0ucrLc2yoUq8gsuurrf1CWmcEC6WRoIywE_j2e2xKux1-J6I0c_ujQav3LRf8ILP1z8fc1y8mPO/w640-h480/IMG_6903.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Finally I was able to permanently install the shiplap, and Johnny filled in the bottom with some sheeting we had leftover from another project. Probably the floors in our house, if so, it means we have been hanging on to it for 27 years, I don't know, maybe.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQt29by1zOnlMVN78sUf0IqPdRdv1ZyRdavROYbwO6qWw0mV-hJyZCFtAmjXIwBXUzG_yEWAv5TwBhHtit5d8G5jgAvGHecn9v2WF1K5zi5bXHycJpdc2tppSgejmUuN99iF3kZiBy8vU/s640/IMG_6974.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQt29by1zOnlMVN78sUf0IqPdRdv1ZyRdavROYbwO6qWw0mV-hJyZCFtAmjXIwBXUzG_yEWAv5TwBhHtit5d8G5jgAvGHecn9v2WF1K5zi5bXHycJpdc2tppSgejmUuN99iF3kZiBy8vU/w640-h480/IMG_6974.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I began work on the little shelf unit that will fill the space at the end of the cabinets.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigMTohOENJawxgO02mJcBb00cAY0MMIIWXU4M7Q0F26JESUWttcHagcAmgipVTfPDFmlrfIQuLFP8nmK8KkIAfCTXdeUx-czS24PrzAirTQT-VNFI5jnd1B9URr4ARr0S8Dz5mBi_MVk9M/s640/IMG_6975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigMTohOENJawxgO02mJcBb00cAY0MMIIWXU4M7Q0F26JESUWttcHagcAmgipVTfPDFmlrfIQuLFP8nmK8KkIAfCTXdeUx-czS24PrzAirTQT-VNFI5jnd1B9URr4ARr0S8Dz5mBi_MVk9M/w480-h640/IMG_6975.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I looks crappy now, but it will all work out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHdD8aPBwdd4nYenM_1984vjl5-u6mPjlorsdzU5nN50gomh_7N-SAOuOmxOI8S9hb5pkHCgeg1jwHnC-65Tck-SYpvN9pErvwG7xmeLs_ld8bOH6RiLoIX12ZGwS0UrCVMPVFz2tCDGwK/s640/IMG_6976.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHdD8aPBwdd4nYenM_1984vjl5-u6mPjlorsdzU5nN50gomh_7N-SAOuOmxOI8S9hb5pkHCgeg1jwHnC-65Tck-SYpvN9pErvwG7xmeLs_ld8bOH6RiLoIX12ZGwS0UrCVMPVFz2tCDGwK/w480-h640/IMG_6976.jpg" width="480" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So here it is all together. Another step done!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUnHDbtQ8_0pfvt4EICr9CASk4lUOOCxHGQZH1bOqY4BXS2cBEi9n28SHBUp093IQpszackOKKTQhY5CosrfEg7AwUryGMSbXeqv1I3WaEOmRXHJI5KTjCaijZ4siNJJzjb0GKJdi1cesE/s640/IMG_6890.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUnHDbtQ8_0pfvt4EICr9CASk4lUOOCxHGQZH1bOqY4BXS2cBEi9n28SHBUp093IQpszackOKKTQhY5CosrfEg7AwUryGMSbXeqv1I3WaEOmRXHJI5KTjCaijZ4siNJJzjb0GKJdi1cesE/w480-h640/IMG_6890.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2Xc1wku0sEXOb84LBvtmrECCyvaTRfRIkVP5EnYetO3T5AVl4IpqpGn6rqBq_ZdMMVuWqkQiSZNoUxX32M5hvaslzOiJ5zBBnkqdL2rSjx6BElCCv2gXvWmFyzReUT3jh64uJ5MebSeS/s640/IMG_6980.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2Xc1wku0sEXOb84LBvtmrECCyvaTRfRIkVP5EnYetO3T5AVl4IpqpGn6rqBq_ZdMMVuWqkQiSZNoUxX32M5hvaslzOiJ5zBBnkqdL2rSjx6BElCCv2gXvWmFyzReUT3jh64uJ5MebSeS/w640-h480/IMG_6980.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks for reading!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>MacGIRLverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931643293282335693noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045829325828941652.post-36147550861515844232021-01-21T22:14:00.001-06:002021-01-21T22:14:19.248-06:00<p></p><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Laundry Room Part 3? Maybe not.</span></b></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have had this old cabinet for many years. My late sister Penney had it, and when she moved and couldn't take it she gave it to me as she knew I loved it too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The problem is that it should be high up, it is the top of an old cupboard. I wanted to use it in my laundry room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I knew it wouldn't work that way it was so I flipped it upside down, and took the trim off and put it back on what is now the top.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzdp7jMIf1qNSSEHkN4kXG65bA7tIGgqZO889FurKduZAIfs9s6hbxfxVDgS8xQwHadKbBaNPtnSP7HO7MladZtMktu-aHO1FuR739-fZm6IimExpSwKZl4lklS_oTLHKHC00SCb2wz9X/s640/IMG_6448.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzdp7jMIf1qNSSEHkN4kXG65bA7tIGgqZO889FurKduZAIfs9s6hbxfxVDgS8xQwHadKbBaNPtnSP7HO7MladZtMktu-aHO1FuR739-fZm6IimExpSwKZl4lklS_oTLHKHC00SCb2wz9X/w480-h640/IMG_6448.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The finish, aside from being very dirty, is also in rough shape.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Usually I would strip and sand a piece like this before working on it, but since it's winter and I don't want to work outside, I decided to just scrape it a little and live with it the way it is.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOtt1qIJ4_PZ3aj3jwPE67-Lsra-Qo73jOT25dm7QjK1AydbO6Usi-BixNL0W28h0vcNj7WGBh1LBaApaSKfXSGdrDbG-2wB48gUMejmNRT8zx3GiED8dGD4CjIjTiyiMDPNVrTbWxYXz/s640/IMG_6450.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOtt1qIJ4_PZ3aj3jwPE67-Lsra-Qo73jOT25dm7QjK1AydbO6Usi-BixNL0W28h0vcNj7WGBh1LBaApaSKfXSGdrDbG-2wB48gUMejmNRT8zx3GiED8dGD4CjIjTiyiMDPNVrTbWxYXz/w480-h640/IMG_6450.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There isn't a lot of room in my laundry room for a piece this wide, but I decided it would have to go under the window. Since I was home alone I managed to get it up in place and secured to the wall temporarily so I could see how it looked. Hmmm, I don't like it there. It's just too short, and feels crowded under the window. When Johnny got home he didn't like it either, he thought it interfered with the window. Hmmm, plan B?</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil5pjULLmlpegIGhfSJ-Hn7PEGSm1lXLYNeycqjXdVrhNqfCR35t3VoZsKHtcqhhaY0FJObfhd1FM2Z1kaSGIJQWHaKdIdgILJV1oMBfKi9Bw7IGeyrRyV3zMhp1y-ltXTFvYAcCulQJW8/s640/IMG_6466+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil5pjULLmlpegIGhfSJ-Hn7PEGSm1lXLYNeycqjXdVrhNqfCR35t3VoZsKHtcqhhaY0FJObfhd1FM2Z1kaSGIJQWHaKdIdgILJV1oMBfKi9Bw7IGeyrRyV3zMhp1y-ltXTFvYAcCulQJW8/w480-h640/IMG_6466+%25281%2529.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></span></blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Since I had it pulled out and it was on my mind, I decided to put the laundry room on hold and work on it anyway. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was missing some trim and miracle of miracles I found some in the shed that I had saved from the stone house renovation that matched perfectly. That never happens!! I was so glad I had saved it and that it made the move.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WPG9BKBhmeiHd0TZbtJiXmNS33DZTH8wcZDD4yw7uRezClfoC-OTfMPfcuXUYyw8nR5QpfTwn8luPk8-J2xMWUmoo0LExa2ZkcjDX2fK6XlvfC_9K-28GTx2bA-HUCL-OpuIbnsEI279/s640/IMG_6454.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WPG9BKBhmeiHd0TZbtJiXmNS33DZTH8wcZDD4yw7uRezClfoC-OTfMPfcuXUYyw8nR5QpfTwn8luPk8-J2xMWUmoo0LExa2ZkcjDX2fK6XlvfC_9K-28GTx2bA-HUCL-OpuIbnsEI279/w480-h640/IMG_6454.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Since this piece is now going to be upstairs instead of in the laundry room I decided I needed to remove that back that was in very bad shape. Funny story for those of you who know us, I was looking at the stenciled wood that's warped and peeled and of course I wanted to save it. Johnny came along and said he would take the backing and use it for kindling. I wanted to tell him to save that thin sheeting with the printing on it but I just wasn't up for the argument, so I let it go. I could hear him in the next room breaking it into little pieces, it was killing me. Then he yelled out, "Do you want to save this part with the writing?" Really? Wow! Second miracle in the same day! He separated it from the rest and it is safely tucked away. (Watch for it to pop up on a future project)</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BZ5FL4Jqi92rBZvIiubN4lfLGyAp7-MZNA6L7yRQLf1nxkpxpN55FpdqF_LMwt0xVPRlExcQDTeBVdCbo0Yr4w7faGFOJBwKvxhgicB-iMgnGTeoekDWl0BRm-uuXOwx8UsDuH50c1tX/s640/IMG_6468.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BZ5FL4Jqi92rBZvIiubN4lfLGyAp7-MZNA6L7yRQLf1nxkpxpN55FpdqF_LMwt0xVPRlExcQDTeBVdCbo0Yr4w7faGFOJBwKvxhgicB-iMgnGTeoekDWl0BRm-uuXOwx8UsDuH50c1tX/w480-h640/IMG_6468.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">All cleaned up and ready to be fixed up.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HwOT3zBDr0JGmMY3Iavkm03AlKctW42nOlTZko_2uM5nGvTDQcaTmqg9te0PLEOKw4UNpKywI7ZvdzImVVFIkjim0g1He7vJG7BeyG1l_kuykfEVA0bXQbht7_DS3JGnTBZsW9uWAjt-/s640/IMG_6472.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HwOT3zBDr0JGmMY3Iavkm03AlKctW42nOlTZko_2uM5nGvTDQcaTmqg9te0PLEOKw4UNpKywI7ZvdzImVVFIkjim0g1He7vJG7BeyG1l_kuykfEVA0bXQbht7_DS3JGnTBZsW9uWAjt-/w480-h640/IMG_6472.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Johnny put the little piece of backing in at the top, he doesn't usually help me with my projects, and it wasn't what I had planned, but it works.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Ai9BJQMBCzYv_2AOk1rvGVma5XBEYHN6mM-4BVePXa8N10sLJxv9WvAS1vrk_UUlO6t80N5F3AhW3dopSFMg6ClP1I1NwUEIDSK1E-3_hL_8TyC-QJ24mQo98k-roglKncyeiJW9CANx/s640/IMG_6480.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Ai9BJQMBCzYv_2AOk1rvGVma5XBEYHN6mM-4BVePXa8N10sLJxv9WvAS1vrk_UUlO6t80N5F3AhW3dopSFMg6ClP1I1NwUEIDSK1E-3_hL_8TyC-QJ24mQo98k-roglKncyeiJW9CANx/w480-h640/IMG_6480.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Now for the base, time to go out to the wood pile and see what we've got.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqua1wIL4Kvt7_PnEg9Vusk8lJZMOLqXJdeaRXbTy0XRvqXzE0LXg7I1PDIp-cA6NT4qHOh8htBzvgJBh0_ZDoaicG-2mDux5mlTVYQDeZAt74s5eqBTyB7El-NII6C02jJuC2KKQQtZM/s640/IMG_6474.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqua1wIL4Kvt7_PnEg9Vusk8lJZMOLqXJdeaRXbTy0XRvqXzE0LXg7I1PDIp-cA6NT4qHOh8htBzvgJBh0_ZDoaicG-2mDux5mlTVYQDeZAt74s5eqBTyB7El-NII6C02jJuC2KKQQtZM/w480-h640/IMG_6474.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Between the pile and the shed we found 2 old closet doors that would work. I got them cut down to size.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh70L8auRYaXeY0UFW5aJHjHAveFUzNJ4mWrhdAmfyZRboNvbT0L2o2ovI0vL2QChBliEdbyG1ry9Yf3vYpbh5m_mqfrwPVYn-ywAPV3y1J8dFXQSIr8p9q_YXLFncNXFbFBXiDmmCahWhl/s640/IMG_6475.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh70L8auRYaXeY0UFW5aJHjHAveFUzNJ4mWrhdAmfyZRboNvbT0L2o2ovI0vL2QChBliEdbyG1ry9Yf3vYpbh5m_mqfrwPVYn-ywAPV3y1J8dFXQSIr8p9q_YXLFncNXFbFBXiDmmCahWhl/w480-h640/IMG_6475.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>This one had some hardware that had to be removed before cutting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWO15DgzSYyCJw2bnSUTaYx_swWoHSXPxHGNoZbTDZWCG48WickwAJmsT7jaURODBz8OCdmF6xLZesQVC7H-B1AN5OvW4a9X1HShb5GpRSzP5qfNBWzuMpoFZVOBz5iBZ9evmN-zWONLZZ/s640/IMG_6476.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWO15DgzSYyCJw2bnSUTaYx_swWoHSXPxHGNoZbTDZWCG48WickwAJmsT7jaURODBz8OCdmF6xLZesQVC7H-B1AN5OvW4a9X1HShb5GpRSzP5qfNBWzuMpoFZVOBz5iBZ9evmN-zWONLZZ/w480-h640/IMG_6476.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>On to the table saw.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8XuNZulaEaVWbaz8mNVIFteexz6o5UcK87kS49LBXQ5QDzJha8BGc1rFx8lz0-3tqt7nTzqMv7K7LYKN3VyBMUnLk0YU-DFkC2mSKn35MqoK36WukJ-RokX_8tESeFTon8LqX1alK137/s640/IMG_6477.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8XuNZulaEaVWbaz8mNVIFteexz6o5UcK87kS49LBXQ5QDzJha8BGc1rFx8lz0-3tqt7nTzqMv7K7LYKN3VyBMUnLk0YU-DFkC2mSKn35MqoK36WukJ-RokX_8tESeFTon8LqX1alK137/w480-h640/IMG_6477.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Time to put it all together. I would have liked to make the base deeper than the the upper cabinet, but because it is going by the door, there isn't room for it to be bigger.</span></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS71zKqwA7XyZkwOE_E9xrhLwivKCt_F1dbX7VKuQ2Tfjf9XA87IkBCtaoWfnQPJT6D-YAImB58hCbaD9llUYBRmGbaIr9Npisv997ksUrmMUR-YjZ0w2KVqpFyeUaH13XtZ_xz1GZsq22/s640/IMG_6481.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS71zKqwA7XyZkwOE_E9xrhLwivKCt_F1dbX7VKuQ2Tfjf9XA87IkBCtaoWfnQPJT6D-YAImB58hCbaD9llUYBRmGbaIr9Npisv997ksUrmMUR-YjZ0w2KVqpFyeUaH13XtZ_xz1GZsq22/w480-h640/IMG_6481.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I had some 1x4's that I had salvaged from a big frame I had made for a wedding backdrop that came in very handy for the face frame.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipglENiBTEqeBZiuKUdSeRs3DdvMqruSqX0iZaYNyCV2pgQphoIqS8orGrwM4htJBNF2b81TPS0uG2GcQ41tvJFjeR1yp4Ol15kpNhw_lIX9enLSD71kI3m1blJbXjC_mcKcuOsWhnJdGj/s640/IMG_6483.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipglENiBTEqeBZiuKUdSeRs3DdvMqruSqX0iZaYNyCV2pgQphoIqS8orGrwM4htJBNF2b81TPS0uG2GcQ41tvJFjeR1yp4Ol15kpNhw_lIX9enLSD71kI3m1blJbXjC_mcKcuOsWhnJdGj/w640-h480/IMG_6483.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">What do you do when your clamps aren't long enough? Using 2 together got the job done.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-NPaeoM_Qaacc47jWCkpQTeKKk7EjWxORrs5etbRYwhXQ6b6hKeDACeCavw21mQy-_dofQJgxa1LUq-3D8r3hjg_-BHOgI3hQMMYctNnJ-QqppaNManif5og8y8j2Hek37EFG2K10PX6b/s640/IMG_6485.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-NPaeoM_Qaacc47jWCkpQTeKKk7EjWxORrs5etbRYwhXQ6b6hKeDACeCavw21mQy-_dofQJgxa1LUq-3D8r3hjg_-BHOgI3hQMMYctNnJ-QqppaNManif5og8y8j2Hek37EFG2K10PX6b/w480-h640/IMG_6485.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Looking pretty good! After this stage I found a chunk of shelving that was leftover from the master closet in the stone house, I just had to cut off about a foot.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIsRF4YvgNwOZJOUh9shSZKwsk4QzDE7aCupiheWk5RhlLjZSbqUiSlO-RzFZUD50qPgKkLZqAjS_WYDWZQla8QKhSS0m6hTmimwNscwLx_rQuLP1AdgvkBHpPzCuKP5jHpAj3CIRxQPw/s640/IMG_6487.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIsRF4YvgNwOZJOUh9shSZKwsk4QzDE7aCupiheWk5RhlLjZSbqUiSlO-RzFZUD50qPgKkLZqAjS_WYDWZQla8QKhSS0m6hTmimwNscwLx_rQuLP1AdgvkBHpPzCuKP5jHpAj3CIRxQPw/w640-h480/IMG_6487.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The middle door of the upper cabinet was missing it's glass. Luckily I found one piece of antique glass in my stash of glass from old windows that was the exact width I needed and just a few inches too long. Good to know that I haven't lost my glass cutting skills, it's been so long since I've done stained glass.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3iBJzD4sCY3_zBO2am0TSqMFZwSYnF-u9WMhYjaCVcHT6B65ZNgG2iPoK-I4ht4lSZl1f2CQCUGeJqrLtXkDWs0T2IVPP7APrs7JNPUAVPSb1zuvm9DmrqKjQhkEGNph0CaRW0wSUHdW/s640/IMG_6522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3iBJzD4sCY3_zBO2am0TSqMFZwSYnF-u9WMhYjaCVcHT6B65ZNgG2iPoK-I4ht4lSZl1f2CQCUGeJqrLtXkDWs0T2IVPP7APrs7JNPUAVPSb1zuvm9DmrqKjQhkEGNph0CaRW0wSUHdW/w480-h640/IMG_6522.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I managed to get the bottom up the stairs by myself but I had to wait for Johnny to help me with the top, it is both heavy and awkward. But here it is put in place.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUURg9BbGDDV01h-W8R_Ge6NR3ECwrGZzAE4hqzeZZ9R2qrzZIWC46ctt7mVrJs2kxKS6ynyU4HD_19iPuA4RjwsUY6DROEMFrAz4ULVNlIWYYTrJbsery6fVOoeAX7EQvWDEFAdErnki/s640/IMG_6496.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUURg9BbGDDV01h-W8R_Ge6NR3ECwrGZzAE4hqzeZZ9R2qrzZIWC46ctt7mVrJs2kxKS6ynyU4HD_19iPuA4RjwsUY6DROEMFrAz4ULVNlIWYYTrJbsery6fVOoeAX7EQvWDEFAdErnki/w480-h640/IMG_6496.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Look at these feet! I love them! They are from an old upholstered chair that was past it's prime, but I saved the feet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJs2s-UoRsOSWzJlvumUAXJ3IW43bSjJYedNExBzPyt72CCgptATSGlWkNFgkwHCz8C_nXNHHidTktXgy0YavWZE7-qEVj8WW3mZrbdr5X7FS6k10Uw_dptzo0_cgu0_YWV4AIkfLDNnN-/s640/IMG_6497.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJs2s-UoRsOSWzJlvumUAXJ3IW43bSjJYedNExBzPyt72CCgptATSGlWkNFgkwHCz8C_nXNHHidTktXgy0YavWZE7-qEVj8WW3mZrbdr5X7FS6k10Uw_dptzo0_cgu0_YWV4AIkfLDNnN-/w480-h640/IMG_6497.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is the hardware I chose to use. They are new, but made to look like antique mercury glass.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1UepFtZeJXbSuQvNz_yDc6EhJ1CK505wugPreWyUg90BreFjX_8l_RRRjgnSEvqfkKXZqkP1rnjGjQbaABCVmto36-MrW6AYF1DYtRn_G0D10YInLWvvMSjtNxbLO9A-mM0dOokdd35o/s640/IMG_6780.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1UepFtZeJXbSuQvNz_yDc6EhJ1CK505wugPreWyUg90BreFjX_8l_RRRjgnSEvqfkKXZqkP1rnjGjQbaABCVmto36-MrW6AYF1DYtRn_G0D10YInLWvvMSjtNxbLO9A-mM0dOokdd35o/w480-h640/IMG_6780.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I knew the inside needed painting, and I thought I would just paint the wall in behind the same colour, but Johnny couldn't live with that (because when we move I will want to take it with me and then the wall will have 2 patches of different coloured paint. Move? I'm not moving, maybe never ever. Does he not remember the hell we went through ALL summer) So I cut a piece of thin board to slide in behind where the wall was showing through.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was unsure of what colour to paint the inside so I used gray primer to see if I liked it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4ijSFj3v5p7mx8sNradrrin9fJYDD2pHcbEMySj8_1fpIL-MokCff0w-ezfOqDTIgSHdYWcqnhzMR36GoL35H3aP7tIuXCsHtrrlWOuza1eiIKafTxmq-yjRAHNulKHgyG5V2DGGu-5H/s640/IMG_6743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4ijSFj3v5p7mx8sNradrrin9fJYDD2pHcbEMySj8_1fpIL-MokCff0w-ezfOqDTIgSHdYWcqnhzMR36GoL35H3aP7tIuXCsHtrrlWOuza1eiIKafTxmq-yjRAHNulKHgyG5V2DGGu-5H/w480-h640/IMG_6743.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I didn't like it, I didn't think it was bold enough. Although it looks black in this picture it is dark charcoal. I love it.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLC1746TqrxU8YYKpXvUmMpI1DQa5pr7SPodghj9_cbt1_aKyc8LmceM4WNJvQwHI9SBumFI8B73QjyJ8Tzv_mnez2zuAWDO-6NKtCCseTHiMnKqEJn1HAvxyYC3rWMPYhGEvW0miSVr2o/s640/IMG_6744.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLC1746TqrxU8YYKpXvUmMpI1DQa5pr7SPodghj9_cbt1_aKyc8LmceM4WNJvQwHI9SBumFI8B73QjyJ8Tzv_mnez2zuAWDO-6NKtCCseTHiMnKqEJn1HAvxyYC3rWMPYhGEvW0miSVr2o/w480-h640/IMG_6744.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">See the wavy antique glass in the door, worked out perfect, it matches the other 2 doors.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(In case you are wondering, yes, these things are important!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6aVmWh4SBfF6zPBey03FT-3FLIxrtk_s6CQmX3TBz6Iw-6BUBogrgYOuYjhAyY2oRqlpV3azFDCa_Fty1n94Bl2JwOQWI0Agp5gMKzl8dD9KlP-SE1tN_rA-oryzjDxzVsgacH481Ye0E/s932/IMG_6742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="812" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6aVmWh4SBfF6zPBey03FT-3FLIxrtk_s6CQmX3TBz6Iw-6BUBogrgYOuYjhAyY2oRqlpV3azFDCa_Fty1n94Bl2JwOQWI0Agp5gMKzl8dD9KlP-SE1tN_rA-oryzjDxzVsgacH481Ye0E/w558-h640/IMG_6742.jpg" width="558" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These are the inside of two of the doors on the base cabinet. Normally I would paint them, but I decided to leave them as is. I'm pretty sure I brought this thin piece of plywood home from Cheers when I worked there over 20 years ago. They are from an old crate that some giftware would have come in (so much more useful than a cardboard box). Every time I see them I will think of my late sister Leata who owned the store. Lesley Starratt do you still order from them?</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh909VCvLwOCkMMIMmAaCVjuaJVfrYIOLjzmAlhyu6g2ua9pp7QFuY0U6ZArAmS5DehCIzAP8PFxACX-1ZhehZp8wS37vDI-L794nxJ4X3BcYQk4RbBbjlE5bqPdWW5aSaqtCgcDetbp9vl/s640/IMG_6773.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh909VCvLwOCkMMIMmAaCVjuaJVfrYIOLjzmAlhyu6g2ua9pp7QFuY0U6ZArAmS5DehCIzAP8PFxACX-1ZhehZp8wS37vDI-L794nxJ4X3BcYQk4RbBbjlE5bqPdWW5aSaqtCgcDetbp9vl/w480-h640/IMG_6773.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My china has been packed away since our move, and I really expected that it would stay in boxes, but I'm happy to have it displayed again.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-IbOnlMHPDkZGPjm8Wh945U8HOTgoqFtEA_U-KG07kekjWmi40H7WDL1v_mmyAt3M4b43cCpgNJGIxyOHc2_xzW-4XkanLvJE66D4cGkITjaSVlTiSzK5nSXzCUWj-9i2VjPCgVGpmW6/s640/IMG_6772.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-IbOnlMHPDkZGPjm8Wh945U8HOTgoqFtEA_U-KG07kekjWmi40H7WDL1v_mmyAt3M4b43cCpgNJGIxyOHc2_xzW-4XkanLvJE66D4cGkITjaSVlTiSzK5nSXzCUWj-9i2VjPCgVGpmW6/w640-h480/IMG_6772.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In case you haven't realized how big this piece is, I took this picture so you can see the size of it. We have 12' ceilings in this school house, so it is perfect, it's not too tall at all, Johnny!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs4u5g2XOiOWwMrTkrdxVR50j3EimrZptIVdVPukXvD_NQdlf2SZIBS1xrrTg0Bx-5mb1llJT54cPTs0QBhO5b-IC1KeEUY42pIIIMBfWfzXSWMzMO6S36lYKz5D6QEEuyTC_LgLsYzJsL/s640/IMG_6770.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="481" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs4u5g2XOiOWwMrTkrdxVR50j3EimrZptIVdVPukXvD_NQdlf2SZIBS1xrrTg0Bx-5mb1llJT54cPTs0QBhO5b-IC1KeEUY42pIIIMBfWfzXSWMzMO6S36lYKz5D6QEEuyTC_LgLsYzJsL/w482-h640/IMG_6770.jpg" width="482" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By the way, if you are wondering what the hardest part of this project was, it was hanging those doors on the base cabinet! Making them was far easier than hanging them, crazy!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks for reading!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><br />MacGIRLverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931643293282335693noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045829325828941652.post-87216904759711454592020-12-29T00:56:00.000-06:002020-12-29T00:56:24.337-06:00Laundry Room, Part 2<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I find that I am getting slower with what I get done in a day, but at least I keep on doing!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Once the plumbing was done, this is what I was left with in my laundry room. I have never had a nice laundry room, at all! This time it's going to be different, it won't be fancy, but it will be nice!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I appreciate that this had to be done this way, I'm not complaining about that, I just need to do something about it. (I will eventually have a dryer in here too, just not ready for it yet)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Some of the boards are still missing because the electrical work is not done yet.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiIiATJBo0nHhK_v_14wpwR-O7GawnX98o2J4PEzXlde5FiBQO1CHdx_4Q-WWpQ6MOH7exGOtDFpDjH7j4gI9iPD96YM0RWSR38CJ98WpKpV5GJhRUX6fQt0i2596TFy2otihLhhqjtmP/s640/image1+%25283%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiIiATJBo0nHhK_v_14wpwR-O7GawnX98o2J4PEzXlde5FiBQO1CHdx_4Q-WWpQ6MOH7exGOtDFpDjH7j4gI9iPD96YM0RWSR38CJ98WpKpV5GJhRUX6fQt0i2596TFy2otihLhhqjtmP/w480-h640/image1+%25283%2529.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My solution is to gather some reclaimed wood and some cupboard doors from the Restore that I have had for several years. I laid them out on the floor and got planning.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTPtd1tzHh_iOcvH5RnO97eSMcLPch4ODVjUgREXQKfZ5ikoXbqu1Xp60p9EvrxH-C-Ydz7aguk5Es87nFZTRP2HZxWjRZ9APqcculJkeNOLPbGV_zUspLIEVWmOylGnBlIdOsR4T6xyc5/s640/image0+%252810%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTPtd1tzHh_iOcvH5RnO97eSMcLPch4ODVjUgREXQKfZ5ikoXbqu1Xp60p9EvrxH-C-Ydz7aguk5Es87nFZTRP2HZxWjRZ9APqcculJkeNOLPbGV_zUspLIEVWmOylGnBlIdOsR4T6xyc5/w480-h640/image0+%252810%2529.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Remember all those pipes and things on the wall, I had to cut around each one in order to put up the cupboard (this was a real pain and I had to lift the unit up and down off the wall several times before I got it right). I made the cupboard shallow as I didn't want it to stick out into the room too much. Also when putting on the cupboard doors I found that one of the drain pipes was in the way, so that had to be moved down. Johnny took on the task of making the new hole for the hinge.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9AsDfFx8KStufYI5eEnOQDKcnnBAI1Tl4plY_2bSRmQgRVAMtTJoge926cCsrTsDiBLkfQI2DaOPj5x5PZypa56xhyphenhyphenVpfvkaTQk4HQ7y7ybs8Mm2nlY6XkQ-coJVvpronMjYLuEKoP3Z/s640/image5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9AsDfFx8KStufYI5eEnOQDKcnnBAI1Tl4plY_2bSRmQgRVAMtTJoge926cCsrTsDiBLkfQI2DaOPj5x5PZypa56xhyphenhyphenVpfvkaTQk4HQ7y7ybs8Mm2nlY6XkQ-coJVvpronMjYLuEKoP3Z/w480-h640/image5.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br />I will eventually add shelves on the two end cupboards. This cupboard will come off the wall with the removal of a few screws, if that is ever necessary. Oh and look, I finished putting the shiplap on the wall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDH8tyMTpL_koXEnJi1vVyCVA8FT5rG6BXDDxHqL-u7MJNThF1T8hE5kNAbBkRPqFlMJnZd_clfIU39dqyi2j7FFU-Nu5Q7KfD16yrqmAxzc5Jv3BneP8jg0cZkRfU2Tdgan6NPx0vWKs/s640/IMG_6260.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDH8tyMTpL_koXEnJi1vVyCVA8FT5rG6BXDDxHqL-u7MJNThF1T8hE5kNAbBkRPqFlMJnZd_clfIU39dqyi2j7FFU-Nu5Q7KfD16yrqmAxzc5Jv3BneP8jg0cZkRfU2Tdgan6NPx0vWKs/w640-h480/IMG_6260.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Doors closed, everything neat and tidy. Time to move on the trim.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYCk-AbaNsrw035rvi4tzQhCWt1p-lnqtBH3UBpLefh2msBD7PQiXO6-818x0oPmA2zIboRBVmHRSW89hKKaZze_IsgNcAX6FbYexoebYufFoNU4xdYBGWGmMf7gS_vQoLpTAkMrTSJNJ/s640/IMG_6259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYCk-AbaNsrw035rvi4tzQhCWt1p-lnqtBH3UBpLefh2msBD7PQiXO6-818x0oPmA2zIboRBVmHRSW89hKKaZze_IsgNcAX6FbYexoebYufFoNU4xdYBGWGmMf7gS_vQoLpTAkMrTSJNJ/w640-h480/IMG_6259.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Door frame inside the room,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6e303oq1Uo-T3RngZGvAB3AyISw_VlQ_71P_PWUoSWY5TOHOqXxP2Fuk4PdI66QufAXGnbgMv3vFH2SN1ytKWtKhDW2FTFylvo0ZhGCQluX3wQvenC_mQMZqU_otuXdAm9Cdj1x6fYAMV/s640/image3+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6e303oq1Uo-T3RngZGvAB3AyISw_VlQ_71P_PWUoSWY5TOHOqXxP2Fuk4PdI66QufAXGnbgMv3vFH2SN1ytKWtKhDW2FTFylvo0ZhGCQluX3wQvenC_mQMZqU_otuXdAm9Cdj1x6fYAMV/w480-h640/image3+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>and from the outside, looking in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj05EvM_Bn7-PMER28gQI6QOzLF3Zz-EezafgNhStT7CKirv0rR4t8GBItTwX2Yqc652SaWHIWjI01zRLLK1ZHhblD8tUCP3usfMa-0mr-sWGbW-02XbMBDXhotxuQ49fePn8wlvrZeO7eJ/s640/image4+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj05EvM_Bn7-PMER28gQI6QOzLF3Zz-EezafgNhStT7CKirv0rR4t8GBItTwX2Yqc652SaWHIWjI01zRLLK1ZHhblD8tUCP3usfMa-0mr-sWGbW-02XbMBDXhotxuQ49fePn8wlvrZeO7eJ/w480-h640/image4+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The paint is still drying on the cupboards, that's why they look streaky. But doesn't it look so much better already?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With all the drawer pulls I've saved from other dressers etc., the only pulls that will fit these doors are royal blue, they are beautiful but they won't be the best colour for these doors. I think for now I will probably put them on anyway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZApILUZzP43aMRoChoqjvL2Njq86nX3ZFooHKkNed7BYsUyKxhpImNaRls6DFfb4tK1uF2d-OyVOSRhnIgWGoZQYSZ8CKFt2auUd4yKhf_PaU4dl_BZ77O5Cf5fiFRTJK_kayrklsf7zR/s640/image6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZApILUZzP43aMRoChoqjvL2Njq86nX3ZFooHKkNed7BYsUyKxhpImNaRls6DFfb4tK1uF2d-OyVOSRhnIgWGoZQYSZ8CKFt2auUd4yKhf_PaU4dl_BZ77O5Cf5fiFRTJK_kayrklsf7zR/w640-h480/image6.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got the trim on the door, and one wall. It's starting to have a finished look.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7r2Bz8QSYnqYyzt8-rWOoY5bFHekeUjCBe9oxGMsWLwXZMoUsSl3N5uSBABFO5MT8RKRbyONOPIoKQNNhyShtRiFTXXI8jTlHbbcNp_UQ-dbR0lhpgMOVTi-Dct3JEzHbKEy_epbaZQk/s640/image4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7r2Bz8QSYnqYyzt8-rWOoY5bFHekeUjCBe9oxGMsWLwXZMoUsSl3N5uSBABFO5MT8RKRbyONOPIoKQNNhyShtRiFTXXI8jTlHbbcNp_UQ-dbR0lhpgMOVTi-Dct3JEzHbKEy_epbaZQk/w480-h640/image4.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Now it's time for a door, hmmm, which one will I choose? It's nice to have my own little Restore. Yes I'm a door hoarder, and proud of it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoN2ttWR5biJvcFV_NcpjunbU_odxZq6486a94XaIyV7oj2s0NB4m2M7RPODpltv44LB6YdPxb8-EwRDClpg5y6MEWsZImGQ1UPJ3EMqfFMFNqtWYJ5PF-30N66voQHOUOkn2pyt5Nh0JD/s640/image0+%25288%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoN2ttWR5biJvcFV_NcpjunbU_odxZq6486a94XaIyV7oj2s0NB4m2M7RPODpltv44LB6YdPxb8-EwRDClpg5y6MEWsZImGQ1UPJ3EMqfFMFNqtWYJ5PF-30N66voQHOUOkn2pyt5Nh0JD/w480-h640/image0+%25288%2529.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one just happened to be in the very front of the pile, thank goodness, because this stack of doors is heavy and I don't think I could have gotten another one out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It doesn't look too bad in this picture, but it had a lot of flaking paint on it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ46ts1G8nDidmCkLUPAYI9WZhSNARjJxFJR4ZFuKh4GGTXcTr7vqI8G6mUKboURKpPPsf25WGgjSd499AmFYmrq_JUlamwryutfuhbOJxschXi5GCRxNRq6HSloDoTVqOTsogwXb_CDX9/s640/image3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ46ts1G8nDidmCkLUPAYI9WZhSNARjJxFJR4ZFuKh4GGTXcTr7vqI8G6mUKboURKpPPsf25WGgjSd499AmFYmrq_JUlamwryutfuhbOJxschXi5GCRxNRq6HSloDoTVqOTsogwXb_CDX9/w480-h640/image3.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br />The door fit in the doorway perfectly! I couldn't believe it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The hinges however, did not line up so I had to cut new space to lower the hinge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ijaZVTyOzmjsR1lkyFZb3jjvTF3xWeMelzJRaN03kraEfwA-5Be0Pd76Wu69scFG75lk6uSuNCzhHhKzFkQDJQKzjSd1rQaQ2heg5M9PinzKtr0flRRkJ1IMXb6zrgOBzKXBSlO9gbem/s640/image2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ijaZVTyOzmjsR1lkyFZb3jjvTF3xWeMelzJRaN03kraEfwA-5Be0Pd76Wu69scFG75lk6uSuNCzhHhKzFkQDJQKzjSd1rQaQ2heg5M9PinzKtr0flRRkJ1IMXb6zrgOBzKXBSlO9gbem/w480-h640/image2.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I scraped the loose paint off of this door for 3-4 hours. Right now it has a very chippy look. In the summer I will likely take it outside and strip the paint off of it and probably paint it white. Those decisions will be made later. For now it's the chippy look. People go to great lengths to make doors and furniture look like this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the doorknob on this door.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoaN1YULUYTaNVv3jLyE1HYq2pM3kAZvXcVgFaYr-6F99laiXJ5esMrnzr3R4oMELmqDXXA2Kvsm9_WdWFG7wo-u5fzblnAfCT87PSktOH4HkEqctrAg2wKM8HsbiCobK242uiDOmNGclY/s640/image1+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoaN1YULUYTaNVv3jLyE1HYq2pM3kAZvXcVgFaYr-6F99laiXJ5esMrnzr3R4oMELmqDXXA2Kvsm9_WdWFG7wo-u5fzblnAfCT87PSktOH4HkEqctrAg2wKM8HsbiCobK242uiDOmNGclY/w640-h480/image1+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Look at the difference a little white paint made on the trim outside the room. 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I'll do that tomorrow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm feeling pretty accomplished today. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbrBzB-TgoZvTJEgsdffbdv_Gpe574jXVMSSUHy2_mCFkTnH_t2CqJ-iPrO9qpkGgqfclMopGTOvdyTlQvPSQNvZCUGHRtctnz4ZsYSPYERO5w4cZ-XIFbBGAxzCc2zEG5yIoc5sAVVhq/s640/image0+%25283%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbrBzB-TgoZvTJEgsdffbdv_Gpe574jXVMSSUHy2_mCFkTnH_t2CqJ-iPrO9qpkGgqfclMopGTOvdyTlQvPSQNvZCUGHRtctnz4ZsYSPYERO5w4cZ-XIFbBGAxzCc2zEG5yIoc5sAVVhq/w480-h640/image0+%25283%2529.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><br />MacGIRLverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931643293282335693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045829325828941652.post-55383053350239804752020-12-05T00:23:00.000-06:002020-12-05T00:23:13.136-06:00School House Part 1 - Laundry Room, also Part 1<p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I'm calling this part one but there are things we have already done that I will post about later, so these posts won't necessarily be chronologically correct. I'm sure you can live with that, I know I can.</p><p style="text-align: center;">So this picture really doesn’t show how disgusting this room was. Plus I didn’t get a picture when the disgusting cupboards were still here. They have since been burned in a bonfire, that’s how bad they were!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlRulUD_4dkQwsmcxJYM4MY2NvMuhzrJclZ2eq8L60pcPNZCYyI9fA5eCEO78cYP-mPdojlIT3Xn-btdyUhKtBYIew6kX8j4NbLUQNQUK2mRpUgGTJtgrnZwqSnTgCR2p7gKtJ2B-WYWS/s2016/laundry5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlRulUD_4dkQwsmcxJYM4MY2NvMuhzrJclZ2eq8L60pcPNZCYyI9fA5eCEO78cYP-mPdojlIT3Xn-btdyUhKtBYIew6kX8j4NbLUQNQUK2mRpUgGTJtgrnZwqSnTgCR2p7gKtJ2B-WYWS/w640-h480/laundry5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">We pulled off the wallboard, which was not gyproc but hardboard, so every nail head showed. But...what was hiding underneath? Ship lap! I thought I had struck gold!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxhd05k0WGwgl85PGgOPX0-RU07vMwjJZPdcC0Si_FjshgskJz_a1pi8A7OaZxTjDnYJ_8JIgD6DCfnGthmt3hcfzfMSF3Frt9D5oOOlnwDHuKSvty4KD1W_Bf73Otkwc9wFoY9OIS2lvY/s2016/laundry7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxhd05k0WGwgl85PGgOPX0-RU07vMwjJZPdcC0Si_FjshgskJz_a1pi8A7OaZxTjDnYJ_8JIgD6DCfnGthmt3hcfzfMSF3Frt9D5oOOlnwDHuKSvty4KD1W_Bf73Otkwc9wFoY9OIS2lvY/w480-h640/laundry7.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">I changed my plan from tiled walls to painted shiplap.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQzCbC9KB24JTrfm3G6Dn-EGhUEtp-sGj4swp1SeAt6KIRH1HImrTcj4-3MZdlEDg_92YHq8JrahVwje5qO_S2S_lyxV11GbU4kD4PLSSi9Rnv-oshBPIeJf1_oGDo4teD6HC_3Cf-OWWB/s2016/laundry6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQzCbC9KB24JTrfm3G6Dn-EGhUEtp-sGj4swp1SeAt6KIRH1HImrTcj4-3MZdlEDg_92YHq8JrahVwje5qO_S2S_lyxV11GbU4kD4PLSSi9Rnv-oshBPIeJf1_oGDo4teD6HC_3Cf-OWWB/w640-h480/laundry6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><p>However! It was a mixed blessing because the shiplap was installed using big ardox nails. In case you don’t know what that is, they are the twisty nails that are NOT meant to come out. What a job!! See the wall on the left? That whole wall of shiplap needed to be removed so it can be insulated. I also removed a few boards (as carefully as possible) so that electrical can be done.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Z0UEpUO24uLGSqqCt7KD0fT2Phkt8zVpinEzWPEL-R8_HOPAgVZrK2rgy64EgdRW5viZJNiSbbqz2iIBDSXywM2mvfPj7VuEEkIIVsG992-o7DaCxnoapBxttp3ziAfX8ZoQEEiwZu4c/s2016/laundry7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Z0UEpUO24uLGSqqCt7KD0fT2Phkt8zVpinEzWPEL-R8_HOPAgVZrK2rgy64EgdRW5viZJNiSbbqz2iIBDSXywM2mvfPj7VuEEkIIVsG992-o7DaCxnoapBxttp3ziAfX8ZoQEEiwZu4c/w640-h480/laundry7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">We both had to work on this wall because it was so physically demanding for my old body. We used a variety of tools to get this done. Then Johnny took over and removed the rotten bottom plate which he replaced with pressure treated wood, and a few studs that had been pretty cut up to make room for plumbing, which we removed. This room was originally a bathroom for the students.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqn2K51NU8IOhSvx5icBttyLK01WbFEp3SjhCJn4MtqxyFYpDdx5kiZd3ORYDgHUU9402m6c6LPLU0lOGvxsIHcvqxRlpQqJC26JOTYDZSMRFB3U2Mp8QcQNn0ZI8Q4xeaxjI8eLm1dO21/s2016/laundry8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqn2K51NU8IOhSvx5icBttyLK01WbFEp3SjhCJn4MtqxyFYpDdx5kiZd3ORYDgHUU9402m6c6LPLU0lOGvxsIHcvqxRlpQqJC26JOTYDZSMRFB3U2Mp8QcQNn0ZI8Q4xeaxjI8eLm1dO21/w640-h480/laundry8.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">So today was the beginning of tiling. I first had to scrape the whole floor to prep for tile.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshaibUlfGGl5nkzeTIud7ETKS693ZVG-GrqLtpB9rQqxCiuG9NbMCWv0V9UVtldgs9QdKRGOzWnmYIbaECi7AASOXwlXknL_zxbdK4hQa7QAeueeDDohxIwREIli25-VckNErDbwP-cjL/s2016/laundry4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshaibUlfGGl5nkzeTIud7ETKS693ZVG-GrqLtpB9rQqxCiuG9NbMCWv0V9UVtldgs9QdKRGOzWnmYIbaECi7AASOXwlXknL_zxbdK4hQa7QAeueeDDohxIwREIli25-VckNErDbwP-cjL/w480-h640/laundry4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">After 3 hours of that I was ready to begin.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtcL4dpVVdYo2k27KgEMOKQFSgqu-5UNKud8L5AM2Njf4HzH2wSdyrBnycF7PklVXn3F8U6isYF8orzjE387b23AiuiyvU_NFEuyjCoANQKqQ9P89NHx9UiJYBg2ThylA5xcWN16tJqYb/s2016/laundry3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtcL4dpVVdYo2k27KgEMOKQFSgqu-5UNKud8L5AM2Njf4HzH2wSdyrBnycF7PklVXn3F8U6isYF8orzjE387b23AiuiyvU_NFEuyjCoANQKqQ9P89NHx9UiJYBg2ThylA5xcWN16tJqYb/w640-h480/laundry3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Where is my tiling partner (Budd) when I need him?!! I’ve only tiled by myself once, I usually cut the tile and be the gopher. He mixes the thinset, lays the tile, and cleans up. Yup, I’ve definitely been spoiled, until today.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87qrr0KyhntszVhleTVHX9fWH4DcuI9zCHYmk5-zH10zv1kF7VCYDGvYTUfZTki6XpPyfNHjSX0gcK0NuuCxmlD3us8vnBuMfuuBXlNNO_22LkcVNzLhc2h73oaJc05jUdOp5V0lEt0-l/s2016/laundry2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87qrr0KyhntszVhleTVHX9fWH4DcuI9zCHYmk5-zH10zv1kF7VCYDGvYTUfZTki6XpPyfNHjSX0gcK0NuuCxmlD3us8vnBuMfuuBXlNNO_22LkcVNzLhc2h73oaJc05jUdOp5V0lEt0-l/w480-h640/laundry2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>But I got this much done, this is 5 hours of tiling by myself. I didn’t cut any tiles today so a couple of broken pieces were used for spacers and I'll cut tiles tomorrow to fit in those spots. That rectangle in the middle is where it’s sloped for the floor drain, so that will take some special care. I will continue tomorrow...if I can move!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ly8hemNSJSB_Y_8ylNiVDkqvTS69RatsNxBKaUy_PV4Vx3Tphc4wMSxhhEuu8cEEjswK9GoIAvXa4BU3xwgU1RfRbMyV2q0JysuktqqhsKwh2KgdhAWh41UmDwSsd91_cBLUCj0tc5ka/s2016/laundry1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ly8hemNSJSB_Y_8ylNiVDkqvTS69RatsNxBKaUy_PV4Vx3Tphc4wMSxhhEuu8cEEjswK9GoIAvXa4BU3xwgU1RfRbMyV2q0JysuktqqhsKwh2KgdhAWh41UmDwSsd91_cBLUCj0tc5ka/w640-h480/laundry1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">If you're still here, thanks for reading!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p>MacGIRLverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931643293282335693noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045829325828941652.post-72474650340194932752020-01-15T00:16:00.000-06:002020-01-15T00:19:15.528-06:00I Made a Sectional Sofa for Approximately $200.00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was looking for a small sectional for our little park model and couldn't find anything that worked. Everything in the stores is so big! I thought about maybe building one myself. Now I don't have my full accompaniment of tools down here so I am somewhat limited, although I could always go to the Wood shop here in the park. One day a lady put an ad out that she had a free, yes I said free queen sized memory foam mattress to give away. Lucky for me I was the first person to respond and it was all mine. So this is how it all began. </div>
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Not only do we not have tools down here, but we also don't have a truck. The speed limit here in the park is 10 miles per hour so the guys didn't even bother to tie it down.</div>
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After thinking it over for a couple of days I got the butcher knife out and started slicing. There were so many decisions to make along the way.</div>
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Since I had to bring all the wood home in the car, I figured out my cuts ahead of time and had Home Depot make as many of the cuts for me as I could. </div>
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I built the bottom support and then went shopping for the fabric. Luckily there were a lot of sales due to black Friday.</div>
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I guess I forgot to take pictures of this part, I upholstered the seats using the old mattress cover and the new fabric. The picture below shows the set up for upholstering the back of the couch. I had to wait a week or two for the foam to be delivered, but I still had a lot of thinking to do so that was ok.</div>
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This is after I put the seat back on.</div>
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Here is the arm in progress, foam in place and batting stitched and stapled to hold it all together.</div>
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Ta da! We have arms! Oh the magic of the internet, it all looks so quick and easy!</div>
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Testing out the fit of the bed pillows.</div>
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Now to start the "over the top" part, stained glass! These parts are all built individually and will be pieced together later.</div>
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Here they are, after much deliberating and switching around, now how am I going to get that home? Luckily Johnny showed up right then and he carefully carried the board to the car and I slowly drove home, again that 10 miles per hour worked in my favour.</div>
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A little test fit.</div>
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The foam was free, and so were the two mattress covers I used for most of the batting. The two little cushions were here when we bought the place. The upholstery fabric was on sale for $10/yard and was 100" wide, so I only needed 5 yards. The fabric for the pillows was part of a yard sale bundle that I paid $10 dollars for, so maybe that was $5.00. I purchased 4 pillows for $10 each. I paid $37.00 the first time I went to the lumber yard, and I needed another sheet of chipboard and some staples so I think it was around $25.00. I bought 3 sheets of white glass and used 2 1/2 so that was around $30.00, it cost something for the coloured glass although it was all leftover from other projects and of course the foil and solder weren't free so I'm just going to guess $10.00 for those. That totals $197.00.</div>
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Oh, and in case you are wondering, Johnny did not help me! I've been asked before if he helps me with my projects and pretty much "no". I did get help from the guy at Home Depot, but if I had the tools and a truck I wouldn't have needed him, but I'm glad they are willing to do that, it is a great service.</div>
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Sometimes it takes some imagination and a lot of faith to see the beauty in a piece of furniture.</div>
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I remember this chair (and sofa) when it was in better condition, but it still took some vision to believe it could be beautiful again, or should I say to believe that <b>I</b> could make it beautiful again.</div>
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I reupholstered the matching sofa several years ago, but it was such a big job that I put off reupholstering this piece. I guess I had to forget just how much work it was. It took many hours to get it looking like this! So many staples!!!</div>
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I sanded and painted the wood.</div>
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Wow it felt good to get to this point..</div>
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I had to wait until I could get to the city to buy the braid to finish it off.</div>
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I love, love, love this chair and can't wait to have it placed in our 3 season room with the sofa.</div>
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This project came out even better than I anticipated. A client asked me to paint this dresser that was her Mother's. How great that she wanted it updated to be used in her house rather than discarded. </div>
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I'm not sure how it is that I could forget to take a before picture. It was a dark stain, and the wood is in great shape but nothing special. The finish was good on most of it but had problem spots.</div>
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<br />MacGIRLverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931643293282335693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045829325828941652.post-24265630463463229452018-04-22T21:59:00.000-05:002018-04-22T21:59:01.174-05:00I've Been Waiting All Winter to Make This Bench<br />
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Last year was a fairly busy year, plus I was injured, these two things kept me from creating some of the projects I have waiting for me. </div>
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I've had this dresser for a few years and have moved it a couple of times. I've had this project in mind for some time now. I'll admit I saw this idea online, and now that I've finished this one I look forward to making another.</div>
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It started with this dresser.</div>
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and added support for the seat, and the back and added some trim.</div>
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After sanding and paint (Annie Sloan, Provence).</div>
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I just went outside to go over to my shop and take a picture of the final product and this little guy was standing in the driveway looking at me.</div>
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Then on to v<span style="text-align: center;">arnish, stain (Minwax, Ebony), varnish. I cut the top down to size to use for the seat, </span>added a nice foam seat cushion, and here it is! Please excuse the background, I don't have the space or the muscles for nice staging.</div>
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Looking back over my blog I realize that I didn't post most of my stained glass and mosaic projects. Here are some of my past projects.</div>
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It's always scary to cover your projects with black grout.</div>
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I made this one for Jordy, in Chinese culture girl/boy twins are called Phoenix and Dragon. I made this stepping stone for my little dragon.</div>
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I made this stepping stone for my sweet Mom. She loves colour.</div>
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Johnny wanted an Arizona flag.</div>
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I made this stepping stone for my little Phoenix, Mila.</div>
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This is the beginning of my first glass on glass project.</div>
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Here it is finished, but before framing. I really love this one. It's hard for me to pick favourites, but this on is right up there.</div>
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Then, there's my bowling ball, can you guess what's under that gray grout?</div>
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This was my big project last year, I've seen this hanging in the stained glass store since I started and I finally tackled it. I am so proud of this one.</div>
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This was one of my first projects.</div>
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I made a cross for my Mom the first year (oops, no picture), then I made this one for me out of scrap glass.</div>
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I asked my son if I could make him something out of stained glass. He wanted a deer, but not just any deer, he wanted his own deer. He had to tell me the difference because they all look the same to me. Apparently each set of antlers is unique. I found a picture on the internet and switched out the antlers for his antlers, then added mountains and a meadow because he lives in BC. He tells me this is his favourite piece I've done, that makes me happy. I think I eventually patinaed this black, and I definitely framed it.</div>
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So there you have most of my glass projects,I hope you enjoyed them, Oops I almost forgot, I have done 5 of these. This is a family emblem.</div>
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This summer I was so lucky to get two new Grandsons. I make a stained glass stepping stone for each grandchild.</div>
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My Grandson Bentley was born in June. As soon as I heard his name I Googled the car company to see what their logo looked like. Perfect! I can work with that!</div>
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I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the pattern. The pink is adhesive vinyl that I use to make the pattern. It sticks well and allows for accurate cuts and grinding.</div>
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There were some tiny little pieces in this project. I was wearing bandages to protect my fingernails. It is very easy to grind through your fingernails without knowing it until it's too late.</div>
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My next Grandson was born in September. His name is Owen, I really didn't know what to do with that one so I asked his parents what they wanted. They decided on a gorilla because he had a full head of black hair, and I think Owen means Noble Warrior.</div>
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So this one was going to stretch my artistic ability!</div>
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I feel like if I can get the eyes right, I can draw the viewer into my creation. This is one of the eyes I need to make.</div>
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I made a pattern and painted the face onto the stone. This is the first time I have used this method and I found it really helped when setting my pieces.</div>
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I just used the pattern as a guide at this point and went to town. This is what it looked like before grout. Many people struggle with their grout choice, not me, black almost every time.</div>
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Look what the black does to pull this picture together and to set off the colours.</div>
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Last year I made a deer window for our eldest son. He was quite particular about it as he wanted his own deer that he had hunted. He had to tell me the difference, because honestly, they all looked the same to me.</div>
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This year I told our second son that it was his turn, I gave him a choice, but I told him I was thinking of doing the Pittsburgh Penguins logo on a table. He wanted it done as a window instead so I went to work. I made a pattern using my Silhouette Cameo and had to adjust the pieces. When making a window if the pieces are too small they will end up covered in foil and the glass won't even be seen, so it was necessary to get rid of some pieces and merge them with others.</div>
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This was after day 1. The next day it took me 4 hours just to get his second glove done.</div>
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I used mirror to make his skate blades, which I thought was ingenious, of course. ;)</div>
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This is how it sits right now, almost done, I just need to add an eye and some hanging loops.</div>
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Funny story about this piece, while making it I found out that the guy working across the counter from me used to play for the Penguins in the '70's, how's that for a coincidence?</div>
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After following all those patterns I felt like doing a little freehand work. I got an owl like this one pictured at a yard sale for 50 cents. It was a little more sun bleached than this one, and his/her beak was missing, but basically the same.</div>
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I struggled with what I was going to do with it. I did some of the eye area, and the forehead and ears, and built a beak out of glass, but still didn't know where I was heading. I cut a piece out of a circle of glass because I was tucking it up under her chin, and when I saw the piece that was left behind it looked like a petal, and that's how I started making the flowers, so random!</div>
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Grouting is always a scary thing, and in this case painful! I shredded my finger tips on the sharp glass pieces sticking up. Covering a rounded item with glass can leave glass sticking up all over. This piece will be kept away from my Grandchildren for sure!</div>
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Here she is! One of the women in my Glass Club called her Florabelle and I liked it. So that's her name. I don't usually keep track of the hours I work on my projects, but I did this time, 45 hours!</div>
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This next project is close to my heart, this is a picture of my Granddaughter Mila. <strike>I am not allowed to put pictures of this family online so I cant show you the original photo.</strike> I've been given permission to show you the original, the only problem is now you can see how far off I am :)</div>
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I could not have finished this project without the advice of my daughter, I kept her pretty busy critiquing and giving advice and even adjusting my pattern via text.</div>
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In the middle of my Mila project I stopped to make a quick stepping stone to donate to my Glass Club. The colours represent Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter, and the tree represents the Tree of Life.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I got a text from my good friend Sarah. She needed a dresser for her daughter. This is the only one I had completed, but she was looking for something white, and more girly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and decided to use knobs instead of pulls on the drawers, so I had to fill some holes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I decided on a Dandelion stencil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then found this stencil online, and cut it out with my Silhouette machine. Then I found the quote and thought it would be such a good message for a young girl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">I started painting, unfortunately the tannin from the wood was seeping into each coat of paint. After three coats I knew I had to buy some shellac based paint to stop it. After that I painted another coat on the body of the dresser and two coats on the drawers. Finally it was a nice bright white. I added the stencils and I love how it turned out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">When I was choosing the knobs I was wondering if she would like something with a little bling, then I remembered that this was the girl that snuck a tiara to school for her school pictures, oh yeah, she'll like bling, so I chose to use crystal knobs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My son who lives in the mountains, asked me to paint his shed while we were visiting him. It is hard to describe this shed because it's not built with 2X4's, instead it's a steel frame welded together and the OSB sheets are screwed to the metal framework with self tapping screws. Why? You ask. Because my son hates wood and loves welding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It had a few issues from a construction standpoint. It did the trick but he wanted it to look nicer. The men took the doors off the front and did a little reconstruction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While they did that, I started painting. That little black spot in front of me is a little window so he can keep an eye on the dogs in the front yard, so it has to stay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course every now and then you have to stop and smell the roses, or look at the mountains, whatever the case may be, the view from here is amazing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So while Johnny and I were working on the shed, Dustin decided his Dad needed a headache rack for his truck, so he made one for him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ok, here's a step by step tutorial on how to paint a log. Paint in the medium brown colour. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then paint a dark edge (fading to light) across the top. Then paint a dark edge along the bottom fading to light about half way up the log. Paint a few faint streaks lengthwise throughout the log. Fade from dark to light with a sponge if needed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next paint a slight white highlight on the top half of the log. Soften the white with a damp sponge.</span></div>
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It's hard to explain how bad these stairs really were. They are original, and I believed they could be beautiful again, but how in the world was I going to do it?</div>
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I tried sanding them, the sander got all gummed up, and it took forever to get four steps done.</div>
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One day I just tackled them. I probably broke all the rules of staining, but I'm a rebel like that.</div>
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I first stained them with Minwax stain, and then immediately stained them with Java Gel Stain, until I had a reasonably even finish. It worked! After fretting over what I was going to do with these stairs for 4 years, I finally did it!</div>
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You see? I wasn't kidding about how bad they were, but the floor upstairs looked great, and the floor downstairs looked great! So I had to try.</div>
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Here they are after the staining was finished. I also used Java Gel Stain on the hand rail and spindles.</div>
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Do doors get any uglier than this? Really? This is a 36" door. There are two of them, in fact. Budd and I wanted to get rid of them and replace them with smaller ones. Johnny wanted to leave them alone, he said we have enough work to do, on that point he is definitely correct.</div>
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Well, I couldn't leave them alone, so I figured it was worth a try to make them look better.</div>
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It's always a process, paint, antique, sand, design!</div>
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Now on to the next one. This door was in the house when we bought it, but it is not original to the house when it was built. It doesn't show so much here, but it was very orange, and a little beat up.</div>
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Enter Java Gel Stain by General Finishes. This product is incredible! This is my own personal opinion and I am not compensated by General Finishes in any way, although, I wouldn't refuse, if you know what I'm saying.</div>
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In the stone house that we are renovating, we created a pantry, in that pantry is a window, we didn't want to lose the light that shines in there so we needed pantry door with a window. I could probably have found a suitable door, but that just isn't my way is it?</div>
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I cut a hole in the door with a circular saw, and secured the window in by nailing and gluing cottage grade tongue and groove panelling over it. I cut the tongues and grooves off, and turn the paneling backward so that I have a rough surface to do the paint treatment on.</div>
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I outlined the edge of the door with paneling,</div>
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I painted the door white and then stained over it with black, rubbing most of it off I liked the window as it was so I didn't even have to paint it. Then I sanded the rough paneling with the sander. This picture is of the back of the door. I wasn't going to bother adding the extra embellishment in the middle, but later realized that I had the wrong swing going, so I eventually finished this side too and it became the outside after Johnny switched the hinges over for me.</div>
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Here it is in place, can you see the photo bomber?</div>
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I saved the original trim and we used it again on the main floor of the house, isn't it pretty?</div>
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I'm so excited to show you my floor that I'm going to post the picture right off the bat. This is the front entrance in the stone house that we are renovating.</div>
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Here it is after it was sanded and repaired. It is maple, and original to the house.</div>
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In this picture you can see the original sanded floor at the left, then the area that has 2 coats of stain, and closest to the camera you can see what it looked like after 1 coat of stain.</div>
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I have seen this <a href="https://www.thisoldhouse.com/how-to/how-to-stencil-pattern-floor" target="_blank">stenciled floor</a> many times on the web and I love it!</div>
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I made a stencil with my Silhouette Cameo. It is large, 24", so I had to make it in two pieces.</div>
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I decided to cover it on both sides with clear vinyl to help hold everything together.</div>
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I then cut out the design with an utility knife. I realized that the Silhouette changed things a little bit and it was no longer a one piece stencil, so I had to tape part of it back together again. Later I realized that it had changed more than I realized and had to add more tape to cover parts that I had cut out. I would not have gotten the look I wanted had I not done this.</div>
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Here we go! The first painting is always the scariest, what if I mess this up? What if I paint it too heavy? What if I lay the pattern out wrong?</div>
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I started a little bit off the edge because I have to add one more board to the beginning of the hallway.</div>
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Here's how it looked after getting several of the designs done.</div>
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Here it is, all done! Well, all done for today because at this point I could hardly get up off the floor. I pulled a muscle in my back on Saturday and this project just about did me in! I need to put a couple of coats of varnish on it.</div>
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This is the view from the kitchen to the front entrance.</div>
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Here it is from the livingroom to the foot of the stairs.</div>
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So far, with the people that have seen it, the women love it, and the men don't! Ha ha, luckily the men weren't around when I was doing it, and now it's too late to change it.</div>
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My posts have been few and far between, but don't think that's because I haven't been busy, I definitely have.</div>
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My son Budd is trying to get his house ready to put on the market, so we've taken a break from the stone house to help him.</div>
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Upstairs has been finished for a few years, but he hadn't gotten around to finishing the basement. He got it framed and dry walled. Then it was time for flooring. The spot where he and Johnny are standing is right where the bar will be going.</div>
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Just like the magic of television, the floor is all done. Doesn't it look great?</div>
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Jumping ahead by leaps and bounds, Budd and Johnny built a short 2X6 wall for the bar, and they started the cupboard where the bar sink will be. I started putting up the faux barn wood boards.</div>
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All of the wood in this project was reclaimed. I'm pretty proud of that. Budd scavenged some scraps from his friends garbage pile, and of course Johnny and I never throw out a piece of wood.</div>
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For the barn wood I used a variety of salvaged wood, that top piece with the nice grain is actually a plywood scrap.</div>
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I love how the pot lights shine down on it.</div>
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Here's a look at my work site. Yup a tailgate. Busy staining and painting boards to get that look I wanted. I salvaged these nice wide boards from the windows at the stone house.</div>
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A nice sunny day for working outside.</div>
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Finally it was time to work on the face frame for the cupboard. All the information I need is on that piece of paper. I picked up the cupboard doors at the Restore for $5 each, I bought four, but plans changed when Budd remembered he wanted to put a mini fridge in the cabinet.</div>
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Here's the process for making barn wood. The piece on the left is the backsplash and the one of the right is the front of the counter top.</div>
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Here we are after a long day, it's almost finished at this point, you would think we would be smiling :)</div>
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This is a wall in the mudroom of the stone house that I want to make... more interesting. The plan is a wood wall, bench, and shelves.</div>
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<br />I decided to go with a pallet wall. Why not, I've never tried it before, this is as good a time as any :) As I showed you in my last post, I stained up a few boards, but they just didn't have the variety of colour that I was hoping for.</div>
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I liked the technique enough to go ahead and start putting them on the wall. At the end of the day, I was a happy woman.</div>
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Today I finished it, and I LOVE it! Here are a couple of close ups.</div>
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And...the finished wall!</div>
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The next step is the bench, you know I love building benches. Tomorrow is going to be a good day, I get to build a bench, and the babies are coming for a visit! Woohoo! I'm going to be a happy Grammie MacGIRLver!</div>
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I decided it was time to get started on a project that's been waiting for me since last summer. I was asked to make a pallet bench in memory of a very special co-worker that passed away last summer. He was a very special guy and certainly deserves something nicer than pallets, but at the same time I think he would appreciate the simplicity. It's not quite finished, but I couldn't wait to share. This one's for you Tommy! If I had a can of Budweiser, and if I drank, I would raise a can right now.</div>
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So today I finished sanding and got it stained, Staining was very time consuming! I actually wasn't very happy with it when I was done, I think the stain is too dark, but I think it looks better in the picture than in person. I'm going to paint a little something on it to dedicate it to Tommy.</div>
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So while that is drying I moved on to the next project. I've been trying to decide what to do with this wall with the window. I know that I want to add a bench and some shelves, but couldn't decide between reclaimed wood (hoarding that, hate to use it up), faux ship lap (didn't want to pay for it), and pallet wood.</div>
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I finally decided to use pallet wood so I broke down the rest of the pallets that I had on hand. I stained them...</div>
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and...I didn't like the look of the stain. It's been a bad day for stain. So I got out the white paint and dry brushed some white paint onto them. When the paint mixed with the stain it turned gray, which I did like.</div>
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So I hope Sterling's not having a bonfire tonight, I noticed he has a nice collection of pallets up behind the garden, already got in trouble with one kid this week, hope I don't get in trouble again, but I guess I'm gonna risk it ;)</div>
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MacGIRLverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931643293282335693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045829325828941652.post-32656984803543238442016-03-11T22:35:00.000-06:002016-03-11T22:40:11.019-06:00Don't Let Floral Upholstery Make You Blue<br />
Wow, I can't believe how long it's been since I wrote my last post! Time sure flies now that I'm retired. Life has changed since my last post, I'm a Grandma now, to two beautiful little babies, twins, a boy and a girl. They are the most wonderful thing that has happened to me since I had my own children.<br />
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I've been wanting to try painting an upholstered chair for a long time. My friend Toni talked to me about reupholstering her wing back chair. It was in good shaped, but was outdated and didn't suit her new house. I thought about it, but it used to belong to her Mom, and had sentimental value, and since I've never done anything that complicated, I was afraid of messing it up. Besides, if I don't have time to write a post I sure don't have time to reupholster a chair of that size.<br />
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Oops! I guess I forgot to take a picture before I started painting it with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint.<br />
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She quite liked it with only one coat of paint, but when it dried it looked blotchy.</div>
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Here it is with the second coat, I can't find the picture of it once we waxed it, but it came out a little darker than this. You can still see the pattern, but not the colour coming through.</div>
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This is not a perfect solution for all upholstery needs as it is quite stiff, but we saved a chair that just didn't fit anymore, and she loves the way it looks. It is a chair in a spare room so doesn't really get used, but looks a whole lot better than it used to.</div>
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<br />MacGIRLverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931643293282335693noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045829325828941652.post-15514577717696150522015-04-11T22:29:00.000-05:002015-04-11T22:29:49.423-05:00Turquoise Trunk With a Flourish<div style="text-align: center;">
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There is a funny story that goes along with this makeover. Before I did the red trunk, I pulled this one out to work on. Don't be fooled by the paint can, I didn't use Annie Sloan paint on this one, I was planning to, but I used it on the <a href="http://libler.blogspot.ca/2015/03/red-trunk-makeover.html" target="_blank">Compass Rose trunk</a>. Anyway, back to my story. I was about to scrape the labels off this trunk when I noticed that it used to belong to a friend of mine. I guess I bought it from her yard sale years ago. She had been looking at this CN <a href="http://libler.blogspot.ca/2014/01/vintage-trunk-makeover.html" target="_blank">trunk</a> to give to her daughter, so I thought I would see if she wanted this trunk made over instead. She said she didn't, but would like to see it. I sent her a picture and she called me back in a few minutes and said her daughter wanted the trunk made over, </div>
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I thought I would have to paint the brassy hardware, but I found that when I antiqued the whole thing with ebony stain, it changed the colour of the hardware just perfectly! I then coated it with satin finish varathane to protect the antiquing.</div>
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I cut out the flourish on my silhouette cameo machine, man I love that thing!</div>
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The paper inside was intact, but quite stained so I painted it with Zinser 123 and then a coat of semi-gloss paint. So fresh now.</div>
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