Busy busy weekend
My my my, but haven’t we been a busy little household this weekend. It hasn’t all been kitchen related, but it has all been much-needed. My fearless mate and I have accomplished the following:
- New latch on back gate.
- Tape, fill, and feather coat around the top of the two new walls. The only mudding that remains to be done is a quick skim coat over this new joint and it’s FINISHED.
- Primed the ceiling - apparently the tile mastic works better that way.
- Picked out sink and faucet. This project is officially hemorrhaging money.
- Painted first coat on front porch railing - bright white.
- Scraped and caulked all the windows frames.
- Painted 2 window frames. 7 to go. Also bright white. I’ll just go right on record as saying that brick houses should have bright white trim.
We also discovered that one of the massive 6×6 sill plates under one of the west windows is rotten. That’ll be a project for another time, though. For the time being, it’s HEAVILY caulked and not occupying even a thimble-full of my brainspace.
No pictures to share and updates will probably be scarce for a few weeks, as I’ll be mostly out of town until the 19th or 20th.
Here’s a challenge, gentle reader. For the next project we’re going to be building a pergola over the back deck and patio, and bricking in much of the back yard. I’ve got plans sketched out, but I’d love to see pictures of your dream patios for inspiration. Post links in the comments and enjoy the next couple weeks!