Bathroom Renovation Progressing Nicely!

After we all took a break for Christmas, we have started back at it today. Adair and Hailey, are doing a great job of the tub and the wall surround. They have installed mason board, and after that is complete they will install beautiful tiles.

They have come up with a great decor for the bathroom, and we are all excited to see it when it is done.

My job, right now, is painting. I have managed to get the master bedroom plus one small bedroom primed, and 2 coats of ceiling paint. Plus make sure the kitchen order gets going, and after having a new furnace installed, we are going to get the ducts professionally cleaned, hopefully after the holidays.

Once we get the bedrooms painted, then I will get the carpet put in. We are putting carpet in the 4 bedrooms and a runner down the stairs. I already put a deposit on the carpet to secure a good price.

Michelle has been helping me with the wiring, and making things safe.

With us all having other day jobs, we work on the house when we can, and are hoping to be finished by the end of January. The kitchen will not be ready for install before then, but we can have everything else ready. I already purchased the 5 appliances. I got 15% off, an already good deal if I purchased them before the end of the year. But we have to take delivery by the 8th, so they may have to sit in the living room for now.

Painting the Walls

This 37 year old semi detached house, was wall to wall wallpaper. It was stuck in the 80's and needed to come down. After lots of hard work, we all managed to do our share of wallpaper stripping.

Now the next step, was to wash the walls. Glue residue left over from the wallpaper will turn your paint finish to that crackle finish if you don't get it off. After washing with TPS solution, we filled holes with Spackle and sanded. (Lots of holes from hooks over the years).

Finally, the painting. I love the zinsser products, and purchased a HUGE tub of it, and had it tinted close to the finished colour. This way, we only have to do one coat of primer, and then one coat of the finish paint. The zinsser primer covers ALL paints including oil paint, it makes a great surface for the finish colour.

I also painted the ceiling. Even though it seemed OK, it just freshened the place up with 2 coats of ceiling paint.

Painting the walls, can make a huge difference to a room. After all the prep, it is starting to look good, as you can see in the primed picture compare to the before picture of the same room. It is still in progress, but coming along. (The before picture is the one with the pink wallpaper)

Next is to prime the window trim and bedroom doors (some are pink!). Plus we are still puzzling over one bedroom that had cork board glued to the wall, and that the previous owner had ripped off the wall, pulling off the drywall paper with it.