Project #3 Done.

 

Project #3 was ongoing at this point,

 that is the molding throughout the main floor of the house.

 

While Terry worked on that,

 I decided to paint the bottom kitchen cabinets black.

 

Crazy...

 

The transitions were a challenge.

 

Had to raise the cold air return,

to accomodate the higher molding.

 

Putting the transition plate back on,

from living room to dining room.

 

Taking a picture of the new molding,

but also appreciating the little bench

 we bought for a few bucks

 at a garage sale last summer.

 

The molding looks great.

 

Can't believe it took us two years to get to it.

 

Finally done with project #3.

 

Kitchen cabinets are done,

and now I want to redo the backsplash in white stone...

 

 Crazy !

 

After much thought about losing the integrity

 of the original stained woodwork in this house,

 

I decided to paint the window moldings anyway.

 

After redoing all of the floor molding in white,

it just seemed to make sense to

match all of the molding around the windows.

 

Watching paint dry...

 

Okay...

 

Terry got another bigger and better Miter saw...

 

What is this thing doing in here, again ???

 

Late night, third coat of paint.

 

Working on an old door jamb in the hallway,

where we removed the door.

 

More molding, loving it.

 

The dogs are exhausted.

 

This morning, we went to the Detroit Salvage Company and bought an old door.

 

This door is going to replace the inner vestibule door.

 

We were super excited to find this door.

 

It suits the time period for this house perfectly,

 and it is not like any door I've ever seen.

Five rectangular panes of glass.

 

Can't wait to get going on this.

 

We finished our three projects,

 the half bath upstairs, the dining room cabinets,

and the molding throughout the main floor.

 

But we keep finding new projects...

 

I guess, as long as it stays cold outside,

we'll keep working inside.

 

 

Weekend in Review

 

Friday night... Cheesy bacon pretzel dogs. Yum.

 

Pulled out the grill and cleaned it up.

The grates were pretty nasty, but she's ready to roll.

 

Terry's son Nick stopped by with our tickets for his graduation from Wayne State.

Always love a visit from my favorite stepson.

 

Made a couple of make-ahead-meals for easy reheating. 

 

Terry finished the bannister on the basement stairs.

 

Shorty wanted to play ball with Dad.

 

I did five loads of laundry.

 

The baby trees we planted are all starting to bloom.

This is a Cleveland Pear.

 

Forsythia at the back of the property.

 

Serviceberry. Can't wait to see these blooms.

 

Here's the beginning of Project #3.

Bought 125 feet of 6 inch molding for the living room, dining room, and kitchen.

 

We've been putting this off for two years

 because of the cost, and the difficulty of disrupting the

whole house to install it.

 

But we're finally doing it.

 

Can't wait to get this done... 

 

Terry's working on all of the special miter cuts now,

 and difficult transition places, like this one.

 

Tonight, we went and bought another 125 feet of finish shoe molding,

that will be added in front of the base molding.

 

The price tag for all of this molding

 reminded me of why we put off this project for so long.

 

Terry will be working on the molding throughout the week,

 after work, and in between doing errands for people,

 

 and he has a prostate biopsy scheduled on Thursday.

 

Sometimes, I don't know how we do what we do,

with everything else that gets in the way.

 

But we do...

 

We are the slowest house flippers ever.

Project #2 Done

 

Project #2 is done.

 Terry finished the top last night.

 

And then...

he started hunching over in pain.

 

This morning, he went to the doctor...

and his back is inflamed and having spasms.

 

He got some muscle relaxers...

and insisted on getting the top onto the cabinets,

 before he finally gave in to rest.

 

After he went into his coma,

I put the dining room back together.

 

This has always been my favorite room in the house,

Now, I like it even better.

 

Project #3 will start when Terry's back is better.

 

Molding throughout the main level of the house.

 

Are we getting too old for this stuff?

 

Maybe.

 

 

Top for the Cabinets

 

It was beeeautiful today.

 

Terry glued together, two 8 x 12 wood planks last night,

and today we sanded the crap out of them.

 

Tonight, he starts the stain and polyurathane process.

 

Can't wait to see these cabinets done.

Dining Room Storage

 

This project has been running smoothly.

The placement of the cabinets on the base is complete,

 and I am staining them dark ebony.

 

Terry is raising an outlet above the cabinets,

but there will still be outlets inside the cabinets,

for tech wires and stuff...

 

He's almost done...

 

Finished the stain.

 

Terry is mounting the cabinets,

and building false fronts for the corners.

 

All we need now is a top...

 

This is going to add so much needed storage to

a dead area. Love it.

Project 2 & 3

 

Project 1 was the half bath upstairs, and we finished that, so we moved on to project 2, which was to redo the base molding throughout the main floor of the house, and Terry ripped out all of the molding, but then we realized that the molding was kind of tied into project 3, which is buffet cabinetry in the dining room,

so now we are doing project 3 first......... 

 

I removed the china cabinet and the shelving along the wall,

 and terry is building the kickplate for the cabinets.

 

Just a small base frame to raise the cabinets up off the floor.

 

There's the base frame.

The giant hole filled with insulation is the space that housed the old radiator.

 

Got a great deal on unfinished cabinets.

 They were 25% off, and we got one 36 in. (2) 24 in. and (2) 18 in. cabinets for $200.

 

They are supposed to be upper cabinets,

 but due to the small depth allowance, we had to use them,

and we will transform them into a wall of storage.

 

Confused?

Just wait, it's gonna be awesome.

 

1/2 Bath Finished

 

Terry came home from work and got right to the electrical...

 

He had to re-route the wiring from the side sconces to over the top of the new mirror.

 

He got the new light fixture up,

and then it took us about an hour just to hang the mirror level.

 

I wish I had taken a video of that.

 

Vanity in, and trying to reconfigure the plumbing...

 

 

There's the before...

 

And the after.

 

It looks great.

 

New flooring, molding, vanity and faucet, mirror, and light fixture. 

 

A few hundred bucks, and a big difference.

 

On to project #2.