Fixing up Your Home.

[Tom Earp]

Just got done staining window sills, well at least part of them!

Still many to do.

Next will be doors.

Anyone else do home projects?

[Still BLUTANG]

completed project: painted the living room.

current project: attempting to put together some crap from IKEA.

ongoing project: trying not to kill the flowers outside (cant do anything inside, because i have a greedy cat that will eat everything).


that's pretty much the extent of my expertise. I wish i was REALLY handy though, i'd like to re-do the ceiling fans and the fixtures in my bathroom. oh well!

[justabeachbrat]

It's not a "home" project, but outdoor.
For the first time in years, I have a patio. Apparently in the pages of forms I was handed when renting, it says the tenant maintains the patio. It seems tall weeds were the vegetation of choice by the prior tenant.
I asked management to remove the weeds, as in a big patch of them. I was told, no, it's not their responsibility. Fine, I'll hire someone to do it.
Then I'll plant something. Plants and I don't have a good history.
It's hot, the CA central valley, but I don't want cactus.
I'll look for flowers or green plants that are hard to kill.

[BSP_Nicole]

We've done quite a bit since the hubby and I got our townhouse almost 3 years ago:

- put up a small "retaining wall" out front, filled in with soil, and planted new snapdragons each season
-new carpet and paint throughout the house
-new ceiling in the basement
-new cherry-stained wood trim around the fireplace, with matching trim around the room at the top of the walls (I know there's a better way to phrase that...)
-new bathtub
-new copper pipes throughout the house

Hubby just got done redoing the half-bath in the basement, it was FUGLY with dark dark wood accessories, a vanity from the 80s, and peel-and-stick yellow tiles. It now has beautiful ceramic tiles, a new vanity, and brushed nickel accents. We're going to refinish the upstairs full bath next (when we get more money to do it ).

[scbelle]

Originally Posted by BSP_Nicole

We've done quite a bit since the hubby and I got our townhouse almost 3 years ago:

-new cherry-stained wood trim around the fireplace, with matching trim around the room at the top of the walls (I know there's a better way to phrase that...)

I'm guessing crown molding???

We redid our half bath (paint, pedestal sink, new mirror, new flooring), painted the kitchen and living room, and the hubby surprised me with new hardwood floors one weekend. All of that is in addition to the outdoor work we did at our house in CO... complete new landscaping and staining of the backyard deck.

[justabeachbrat]

Originally Posted by scbelle

I'm guessing crown molding???mm

We redid our half bath (paint, pedestal sink, new mirror, new flooring), painted the kitchen and living room, and the hubby surprised me with new hardwood floors one weekend. All of that is in addition to the outdoor work we did at our house in CO... complete new landscaping and staining of the backyard deck.

question on the landscaping. I don't have a large area to plant, but don't want the weeds. Any recommedation on some hardy non cactus green plants/flowers in a sunny spot? Or I may just go to OSH, or home depot, and ask for fearless plants.

[BSP_Nicole]

Originally Posted by scbelle

I'm guessing crown molding???

Yep, that's the phrase I was looking for!