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 …
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 …
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 …
When I started renovating the Happy Jack cabin, one of the first things I wanted to do was remove the outdated popcorn ceilings that are in every room. That plan was quickly changed to removing the popcorn in the main living spaces only. And then after a week of struggling to do even one room, …
One of the many projects on my list to tackle at the new house in Happy Jack was to remove all the strips in between drywall sheets in the main three open areas. In modular home manufacturing, years ago they would use these strips instead of taping the joints to eliminated cracking and separation when …
Well, it’s actually demo month. That’s how long it’s taking me to remove old carpet, tile and scrape popcorn ceilings. Chip Gaines always makes demo day look like fun. It’s not fun. It’s hard work. And why someone felt the need to paint the popcorn ceilings is beyond me. That crap is hard to scrape …