Home Improvement

Today after work I came home to an unfinished frame, which is definitely an improvement over last week’s progress. According to our contractor, the step will be completed tomorrow!

This is just a dumb little project I did back in late June. It’s a square of ceiling in the stairwell, near the bottom of the stairs. It looked like it had been primed white, but never painted, so it always had a slightly dingy look to it. It’s been bugging me since I moved in!

Back in February, when I posted my last recessed lighting post, I had spray painted 2 of the living room recessed lighting trims with off-white spray paint. Last weekend I finally got off my butt and did the rest! I also learned something EXTREMELY helpful this time around! You can just use your fingers and pop off the little metal ring from each recessed light

In August 2014 we hired a contractor to tear out our brick front steps and replace them with a wooden patio or stoop. This is one of the few projects we have hired out.

As of my last deck post, we had a deck and we had a door. The door being a HUGE improvement over climbing out the window! Since then, the 2nd French door – leading from the living room out to the yard – has been installed. It’s a twin to the one upstairs leading out to the deck, and is located directly below that one.

So as of my first deck update we had a deck! We had no door [and had to climb through the bedroom window], but we had a deck! And then nothing happened for 3 LONG weeks – Gah! This past Friday, the contractors FINALLY came back and put in a door!

The original title of this post was “The 6th Coat’s the Charm!” So yeah, I’m STILL struggling with the living room cupboard overhaul. After briefly thinking I was done, I decided it looked like crap and started over. The only thing I liked from my first attempt was the stained plywood top. Hubby helped me decide on a new color for the base and doors [Benjamin Moore Night Flower – same as the laundry room]

During the first week of deck construction, support posts were placed & the deck was framed in. Mid-way through the 2nd week, we came home to… A deck!!! OMG we have a deck! We still have no DOOR to get out to the deck [we have to climb through the bedroom window] but at least we have a deck! We climbed out the window and took our first deck selfie 🙂

In July 2014 we hired a contractor to build us a small deck off the Master Bedroom overlooking the Ipswich River. This is one of the few projects we have hired out. This project has been in the works since February 2012!

Last night, hubby and I decided we didn’t like the lip on the living room cupboard top [too thick] OR the base [too white]. So this morning, at 7am, I unscrewed the lip [I used screws instead of glue for just that reason!], removed 2 of the cupboard doors [I don’t want to commit to the whole thing unless we like the raspberry], taped up half the cupboard, and put 3 coats of Benjamin Moore Night Flower on the frame and doors.