Sunday, March 15, 2009
Requiem for a pee
Lots of stuff going on but little time for blogging. The big bad project was finishing up the bathroom. Stripped out the lights, pulled the old fan and ran some wires. As it was you had to walk to the back wall of the room to turn on the lights. Don't ask, I didn't do it. Anyway we ran some wire so now the lights are at the door. (think monkeys fishing termites out of the mound with a stick)
The down side is that I filled the old switch hole with an outlet so now we have spots for six plug-ins. That way in case you ever need to put on a concert you will have enough power.
Only because we are so used to it, we now walk to the back and then come back to the door to turn the lights on. Having put switches too close to doors in the past to trim without trimming, I made sure to space these properly.
Had a huge feather job smoothing out a mismatch (my fault) at the tub. I had to smooth mud almost 18 inches to hide it but in the end it was hid so oh well.
Many coats of paint and a few stray dog hairs later and the yellow bathroom is yellow no more. I wasn't totally sold on using a gloss paint in a brightly lit room but I was swayed by arguments of easy clean up. The room is shiny but I no longer notice it. Can't fault how bright it is. Put the old mirror up with a new picture frame of spalted red alder. I was very happy with how this turned out because you clearly couldn't drag the whole mess into the shop for cut to fit. I cut scraps exactly the same length and width of the mirror and used those 'story sticks' to cut it all right the first time.
Refinished the old panel door so it matched the others. After the paint had dried I was pulling off the masking tape and dried paint flaked off of it. I thought nothing of it, it was dry after all. Well it stuck anyway so the stained part of the door has white speckles on it. I don't know what or if I will do anything about it.
A new overhead light, (Thanks Costco!) and we are up and running.
The down side is that I filled the old switch hole with an outlet so now we have spots for six plug-ins. That way in case you ever need to put on a concert you will have enough power.
Only because we are so used to it, we now walk to the back and then come back to the door to turn the lights on. Having put switches too close to doors in the past to trim without trimming, I made sure to space these properly.
Had a huge feather job smoothing out a mismatch (my fault) at the tub. I had to smooth mud almost 18 inches to hide it but in the end it was hid so oh well.
Many coats of paint and a few stray dog hairs later and the yellow bathroom is yellow no more. I wasn't totally sold on using a gloss paint in a brightly lit room but I was swayed by arguments of easy clean up. The room is shiny but I no longer notice it. Can't fault how bright it is. Put the old mirror up with a new picture frame of spalted red alder. I was very happy with how this turned out because you clearly couldn't drag the whole mess into the shop for cut to fit. I cut scraps exactly the same length and width of the mirror and used those 'story sticks' to cut it all right the first time.
Refinished the old panel door so it matched the others. After the paint had dried I was pulling off the masking tape and dried paint flaked off of it. I thought nothing of it, it was dry after all. Well it stuck anyway so the stained part of the door has white speckles on it. I don't know what or if I will do anything about it.
A new overhead light, (Thanks Costco!) and we are up and running.
