Saturday we spent time on a number of projects around the house. I am in the process of painting our 2-story foyer. When we moved in, most of the rooms were a light green color - kitchen, living room, foyer, one bedroom, playroom, 2 basement rooms. We've been here nearly a year now and I have repainted about half the rooms in the house. I'd like to get rid of all that color. I've been dreading the foyer because if the ceiling height, almost 20'. I'm painting it a neutral putty color and hopefully it won't have to be done again for many many years.
While I'm up there, I'm putting window tinting film on the palladian window to reduce the afternoon heat; our house faces west. I'll also dust the big brass chandelier and replace a bulb that burned out months ago. I sure don't want to get back up on that ladder anytime soon once I'm done.
We are also getting ready to hang the crystal chandelier in the dining room. Talia took all of the crystals off and spread them on newspaper. Then she sprayed them with glass cleaner. Bruce will hang it and she can put the crystals all back on - if we can remember where they all go! While Talia was busy with the chandelier, Tacie has been packing for camp.
Last weekend we spent 2 full days working on Mom's house. We sheetrocked her stairwell into the basement. There is a finished room down there but the stairwell itself had been left open. For Mother's Day, I told Mom she could choose any home improvement project she wanted as her gift and this is what she chose. I couldn't seem to talk her out of it.
Bruce put in studs and built up a landing. I did most of the sheetrocking. Ugh. What a miserable job. That stuff is so fragile and heavy and difficult to work with. The stairwell was especially tricky because the studs didn't line up and very little was actually level. The house is 40 years old. Ken came at the end and did the taping and bedding. It actually looks pretty good now! After Ken comes back and finishes it up, I'll paint and it'll be beautiful. Bruce also drilled a hole for the dehumidifier hose in the basement and is going to install a motion detector security light in Mom's car port.
We are such good Home Depot and Lowe's customers.
