After repointing and sealing the back slate steps, they were looking SO GOOD! The final step was using Polyblend Grout Renew in “Natural Gray” to stain the cement-colored Quikrete to a more natural looking color. I first learned about Polyblend Grout Renew back in 2015 when I used it to …
After repairing the mortar on our back slate steps, it was time to clean and seal them. There were years [decades?] of moss, algae, & lichen growing on them: I used a scrub brush and bowl of warm water [no soap] and just worked away: …
As part of the doorknob/hinges project, and the backdoor overhaul project, I fixed our crumbling, neglected back slate steps this summer. I had never heard the term “repointing” before this summer.
Frankly, I’ve never thought about our cellarway. It’s always just been “the cellarway”. A way to get from the kitchen down to the basement. But last month as I was coming back up from the basement it finally occurred to me “hey, there’s no reason these walls have to remain dirty, white, matte crap!”
I spent many weekends this Summer overhauling the back door which leads from the Laundry Room out to a public garden, and overhauling the back steps, which I’ll talk about in a future post.
I haven’t posted much over the past few weeks but I have a lot to catch up on. Here’s 5 small[ish] projects I’ve completed over the past 2 months.
This project started WAYYYYY back in September 2018. It entails my mission to replace all gold colored & brass hardware in our house with silver colored. It has morphed into a MUCH larger project than I anticipated, but it’s OK because I love the results!
I figured it would be a piece of cake to drill the hole in the door frame for the deadbolt to slide into. NOPE!
For the past few years I’ve wanted to install a deadbolt on the door leading from the master bedroom out to the deck. I bought a kit on Amazon and was able to do the job myself. Not easily, but I did it!
