Well, on the last post I talked about the front fence going bye-bye, so I guess I should update you on that front. With help from my next door neighbor who had past experience, though he said he didn't, we managed to get the new fence up, minus the gate since I didn't have enough left over for the gate. So while I keep my eyes open for the fencing to go on sale at Lowes, I can admire what the fencing will eventually look like.
Even though we haven't had much rain, and by much I really mean any at all (and to think the same time this year we had inches of water in the basement), I've been trying to figure out the gutter system for the house. Over the years Dad collected bits and pieces of vinyl guttering from store closeouts and sales (cause on sale is how this family rolls), so I've been doing my best figuring out where to put what and etc. I think I've figured out parts of it so far, and those sections have now been painted a dark maroon to match the trim on the house (since white just didn't match at all) and hopefully will get put up soon once I get some 2x4s cut to keep the angles just right when it's up against the trim and fascia. It's always something LOL.
Work has commenced on the green room downstairs. Adjacent to the living room on the west side, the green room is so named because it has green carpet and half the room is painted green. Got it? Unfortunately for me, the perfectly fine wallpaper was taken down in that room, leaving me to sheetrock the bottom half the chair-rail (which needed to be redone regardless, due to the cracks which occurred from the house settling on the foundation) and figure out what to do with the top half of the walls which had some smaller cracks here and there, the worst actually being a few spots where a noticeable bow in the plaster walls can be seen. Primarily wherever there is wood work, though I'm not sure why. Anyway, after two days of lightly mudding over the small cracks and patching holes, I gave the room a test run. The problem with mudding walls is that it's hard to tell if it's smooth unless there's paint on the wall, so after a coat of almond colored primer, I was able to see if the patch jobs held up and looked ok, and they do, so that's one small problem off my shoulders. I'll finished up with the painting, get some chair rails for the wall, and then the room will be done, apart from a new ceiling that will be texture sprayed on and done when Dad comes down for a visit.
The upstairs bathroom wall is done and it plus the floor is grouted. Looks pretty nice if I say so myself. Overall I've got three more half walls to tile, except two problems: 1) I've got to adjust two electrical boxes, but the only problem is that I can't get behind the wall to adjust them without cutting into the OSB and thus weakening the wall; 2) I've only got one more box of tile left. Oops. Looks like I've gotta go on the hunt and find some more. But apart from those tiny problems, the bathroom is done (if you ignore the fact I still have to tile the shower).