The washroom

Before:

After:

I'm working in the laundry room today, I have some drywall repair to do yet but I still painted it since I had things all moved around anyhow. I need to touch-up a couple of spots on the white trim yet, and replace that missing drywall (WHY is it missing anyhow? NOTHING is there!)
Only one room to go! YES! I need to finish the laundry room first, but that shouldn't be too difficult.
It has been a nice day so far! the sun is SHINING! and it is nearly 50! I can SO deal with that at the moment, the sun can be healing and it is working at the moment.

Kitchen/Diningroom picture

Nothing in the kitchen side was changed, while I'd like some new flooring, what I have now will do until I find my next job. What I need and what I want can be two VERY different things! LOL!

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Here is the completed kitchen, $30 for wallpaper and $15 for the two new light fixtures on the wall. Once again I must say God is good! I purchased the wallpaper at less than half price and accidentally found the light fixtures, they were hid at the top of a HUGE display in the corner where you could barely see them, they were the only one's that would work with my wiring setup. One needed a switch in it and the other needed a wall mounted switch.
Needless to say the kitchen/dining room is MUCH brighter than it was! I can make it daylight in there now!
Another trick I thought up? over the kitchen sink there is a fluorescent fixture mounted behind a panel, the back of the panel was dark so it didn't reflect the light well, so I painted the back of the panel white, now it reflects the light and it is brighter! light is GOOD!
I'd still like to paint the ceiling, but I'm not sure about how to do it, there are crevasses in between the panels that a roller cannot reach, SO! how to get it right? still thinking about that!
I should head off for now, coffee's calling and I need to get ready for Church!
Later all!

Me!

The kitchen is done!

YUP! the kitchen is DONE! I finished painting and reinstalling the trim today, one more project down.
I am feeling MUCH better than I did when I woke up, I had a nasty migraine..I took the med's and went back to bed and slept for a few hours the woke up all better.I can deal with that!
The day was dark and dreary, not complaining though! it was like 40 degrees! LOL!
I'm not sure which project will be ext, the washroom or the bathroom! probably the bathroom, I only need to paint half of the bathrooom and paint the trim there. There is a bit of drywall repair, a spot 6" square that was repaired some time ago, but not right. It will look MUCH better in the bathroom! the PINK will be gone! LOL! NO more PINK!!
Time to head off for now!
Later all!

Me!

Nearly done

I worked on the kitchen today, I half emptied the fish tank and moved it to complete the wallpaper. I still need to paint and replace the trim around the ceiling and paint the corner trim.
It feels good to have the kitchen/diningroom nearly done, with the two new $7 fixtures there is at least twice the lightin the room.
I have a early meeting tomorrow and I'll need to get up very early, fun, fun! I am still not sure what school to go to? a trade school where I get the certification, or a college with a associates degree? what to do?
I will find out more about that tomorrow morning hopefully I hope to pick up more paint for the ceiling, washrooom and bathroom tomorrow also, without the tax return that would not happen.
Guess I should head off for now, I am tired already.
Later all!

Me!

Puttering about the house

Not too much on the plate today, I'm waiting for assistance with the aquarium...had to have a 29 gallon tank....
Although I purchased border for the kitchen I like the look of the wallpaper by itself, so no border.
I don't believe there is a straight wall in this house! CRIMANY! there's nothing I can do about it, so I better just get over it! LOL! OC me! It isn't the exterior wall's, it's the interior......MAN! someone was drinking when the put up the interior walls! NO doubt about that! LOL
SO! I am bored for the moment! I picked up in the yard, cleaned the house, washed the windows inside and out, did a load of laundry, fixed two pieces of border that pulled off and did a bit of minor wallpapering...STILL bored! BOY do I miss having 34+ people to keep an eye on! THAT kept me BUSY! AND!!! I LIKED it!!
It will be OK though, there is a computer coming that needs a DVD drive installed, that will take up a couple of minutes! YEESH!
I'll post more later, I'll see what happens today!
Later all!

Me!

Back to the wallpaper, Chronicals of Narnia

I went back to the kitchen and started working on the wallpaper, I have all but five feet done but will have to wait untill I move the fishtank before I can finish this project. The tank is a 29 gallon tank, so I cannot move it by myself, the thing weighs around 200 pounds full, I'll need to half empty it first.
I watched some of the old BBC Narnia movies today, I forgot how much I liked them (The movies and the Chronicals of Narnia)
I still have not found out if I can paint the tile ceiling or not, it could use a good coat of paint....
So why all this work on the house? well number one? I am O.C. over the moon right now because I'm not working, I need to be doing something ALL the time. I'm kinda driving myself nut's right now, but I'll keep going! I am nearly DONE!
Is there something behind all of this work? NO idea! guess I'll see what happens!
Yeah! I'm a NUT! but in a good way....I GUESS!! LOL!
I HOPE that the kitchen can be completed tomorrow, that would SO satisfy my O.C. issues!
About the job situation....I have put in over 30 resumes in the last eight weeks not a single callback, so it looks like I will be going back to college. I would truely rather work, back in my old position, with my seniority, with my pay and the confidence that my peers had for me, but that is NOT possible with the condition of the economy.
Even if the economy were to be perfect starting tomorrow, it would be MONTHS before anything happened. The DRAMA QUEEN COWARDS on wallstreet are the one's who caused this mess we are in, we should fire them ALL and start over! we'd be better off! LOL!
I FEEL GOOD! the house is looking decent!
Later all!

Me!

Switching projects

I spent a couple of days stripping the walls in the Kitchen/Dining area, I needed to take a break from that and switch to another project. I chose to paint the baseboard in my bedroom (I installed the half that was missing) painted the cabinet, door and door frame in the bathroom and the ceiling in the washroom. The washroom ceiling is paneled, I have no idea what is behing the paneling and I don't have the money to do any major repairs so I painted it white, two coats made a BIG difference in how that room looked!
Three more projects done, five to complete:
Washroom walls Paint (Fix some drywall there too)
Kitchen walls Wallpaper
Kitchen ceiling (Tiled, so I need to find out how to paint it right)
Bathroom walls (Strip wallpaper and paint trim)
Bathroom ceiling Paint
If I can complete these five tasks, the entire interior of the house will have been worked on...God is GOOD!!
Later all!

Me!