It was cold and snowy all day yesterday. A lot of it layed, but not all of it, or we would have had a real snow. It was very cold, so Steve did the outdoor chores, and left me to play at working on things indoors.
I worked on painting projects a little, did some picking up around the house, and then went out to my Hut to work. I so enjoy working out there, but it's a hassle to have to climb over things. It's so small!
I've got the bathroom about finished, and it really looks good. I still have to get everything out of the closets and insulate and paint inside them, but I'm not sure that's a part of the bathroom.
My walls (now insulated) are a sea-mist green, which is between a mint and a pale sage. The ceiling is white acoustic tile, with pressed-in designs to look like really expensive tiles. It was tricky fitting them around walls and fixtures, but it looks really nice now that they're finished. I still have just a little patch caulking to do around the borders, but it looks great, and I'm really proud.
I took some of my acoustic tiles I had salvaged from the house I wrecked down at Shannon's church and insulated under the kitchen sink, and caulked the seams. I then worked on the ceiling of the livingroom while the caulking set. I took the old screens off the windows and put the old shower curtain from the bathroom over the windows. Then I started taking down the moulding around the cabinets against the ceiling. I discovered that the ceiling would push up, revealing that there was nothing holding the ceiling, and that there was no insulation in the ceiling. I put some pure silicone caulk up in the seam, then run a screw into the paneling on the ceiling, and hung a hammer on the screw to hold the ceiling down until the caulk set up overnight. The caulk was set up on the tile under the kitchen sink by that time, so I gave it a good heavy coat of primer. That ceiling tile is so dry, it just drinks the paint. It's good insulation, though.
It was dark by that time, and I came to the house and had a bit of super, and got a bath to get ready for bed. I remember sitting up in bed for just a few minutes, then felt myself going off to sleep.
I slept really well, for which I thank God. I needed a good night's rest.
Clinch Mountain is so white with the snow and sun this morning.
1 comment:
I think when I come to visit you and Steve I want to stay in the HUT. From the sound of everything you are doing to this place, it will be a 4 star hotel by the time you are done...:) I wish I had your talent....I would love to be doing what you are doing to my house. Our house needs some extra insulating. We need new windows but don't want to buy any just yet because we are waiting to see what the airport is going to do. It is a long story but the short of it is, they might replace our windows and doors or buy our house. When we bought the house we knew about the runway being where it was but they moved it (due to a frog) and now the planes fly RIGHT on top of our house. Jim has been to meet with the CEO of the airport and several other meetings and we will see....nothing will happen for awhile but I don't want to spend thousands of dollars for new windows and then the airport do something....Thanks for letting me vent...haha
Claire...you are truly a very special person to me!!! I love you!!!!
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