Quick Update: I’m not finished yet, but I’m getting close. This is a short clip of the before and almost finished after of the Happy Jack house renovation. Almost three months in, and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. The biggest project left, you can see at the end of …
Month: October 2018
As I near the completion of the major renovation projects, it’s time to start thinking about adding a pop of color to the space. At the moment it looks like I merely replaced all the drab brown with dreary gray. The walls are various shades of gray paint, gray wood, grey tile, and the flooring …
I’m STILL doing renovations up at the cabin, but I’m close to being finish. Yay! It’s taking so long because my math skills are lacking, and I keep running out of things I need to finish. A few weeks ago it was ceiling tiles, then mortar for the fireplace tile. Last week it was the …
When I was nearing fifty three years ago, I had a minor panic attack. I was out of shape and a little over weight. I wasn’t obese by any means, but I weighed the most I’d ever weighed in my life and my knees felt like they belonged to a 70 year old woman. I …
Twenty years ago I signed up for a woodworking class through Rio Salado so that I could build a Murphy bed. I had just purchased a house in central Phoenix, and I just had to have a wall bed. However, I didn’t want to pay thousands of dollars to buy one, so I was going …
After I finished the ceiling tiles last week, I was very excited to get the ceilings painted. I figured this task wouldn’t be too bad considering I already own a paint sprayer that I’ve only used once over 4 years ago. Well, I should have known that merely thinking this would be an easy task …