Making room for the Next Phase

Today after Ornery got home from work, we went to 507 to do some serious clean-up.  Getting all most of the returns back to Lowe's yesterday cleared out a lot of stuff, but there was still a huge mess left in the aftermath of the whirlwind work-a-thon that was CW Young!

While I cleaned things up a bit inside the house, Ornery worked in the garage cutting up the old shower enclosures with his circular saw, and filling up the pick-up bed with a bunch of garbage.  I called my friend Mickie and she came by and said she would like to have the old side garage door and the screen door we took off from the kitchen/garage door.  She will come back on Saturday with another vehicle to pick them up.

I did remember to bring home the camera tonight, although there is only one new photo, and that is of the new pedestal sink in the master bath.  It is not yet fully installed, but you can get a sense of how tiny the room is.

Ornery has a method of tackling on projects at work when they seem overwhelming, and that is to start in the upper left hand corner and work your way down.  So, we decided tonight that we will work our way out from this little bathroom, finishing each room as we go toward the other end of the house.  We still have the following left to do in this room:

• dry towel the tiles to get the grout haze off.  
• super clean the edge of the tub beneath the tiles
• caulk around tub with sanded caulk
• finish installing the sink, including caulk/silicone sealer
• replace tub spout (pipe is too long)
• finish installing the exhaust fan/light
• patch cracks in ceiling and above window
• float all drywall work and prime
• repair door to cabinet above toilet
• install new baseboards
• put up hooks behind the door for towels
• install curved shower curtain rod
• install new light above sink
• paint trim, door and cabinet
• replace handle on cabinet door
• paint walls and ceiling
• seal grout (after April 6th)
• clean everything thoroughly

Since the room is too small for us to both work at the same time, while Ornery is working in there, I will be working on the master bedroom, which is the next room on our list.  That room isn't nearly as labor intensive!

• remove closet doors and paint both sides
• remove closet "inserts" (shoe shelf and very crooked little clothes bars)
• move top shelf down
• paint inside closets (there are two)
• put new clothes bar in one closet
• repair and paint passage door
• fix strike plate on door frame
• replace broken mini-blind
• fill cracks in walls and ceiling, and sand
• paint walls and ceiling
• vacuum carpet
• clean window and ceiling fan

With a three day weekend coming up, and a little help from our friends, we might actually see the end of the tasks in these two rooms pretty quick!