Down in the mines
Feeling a tad overwhelmed at the moment. Its not really how much there is to do so much as how little time I have to do it in. So far I've got three rooms washed and I started on the wall repair this afternoon. I probably should wash the master bedroom before moving on to the wall repair, but I need a change of pace. Dave finished mowing the lawn today which is awesome although there are some spots near a couple of trees that I'm not sure how we are going to mow. Probably need a weed whacker at some point.
I found some shoddy workmanship on the walls as I was washing and repairing. Places where they spackled but didn't sand at all and one place where I think they painted over some left over stickum (from some tape maybe?). It makes my job harder that's for sure. I started that in the afternoon so that by tomorrow the first layer will be dry and I can start sanding (no shortcuts here). But I think I'm going to have to go back to the Home Depot and get some courser sand paper. I wasn't expecting to have to go through a layer of paint to get to some of this stuff. Ah well. I think I'm going to start with the three bedrooms and hold off on the Florida room until last because the bedrooms need new carpet. So if I get done painting in those three rooms we can get someone in to do the carpet sooner. Plus the faster we get carpet the faster I get to create craftytown!!!!
I found some shoddy workmanship on the walls as I was washing and repairing. Places where they spackled but didn't sand at all and one place where I think they painted over some left over stickum (from some tape maybe?). It makes my job harder that's for sure. I started that in the afternoon so that by tomorrow the first layer will be dry and I can start sanding (no shortcuts here). But I think I'm going to have to go back to the Home Depot and get some courser sand paper. I wasn't expecting to have to go through a layer of paint to get to some of this stuff. Ah well. I think I'm going to start with the three bedrooms and hold off on the Florida room until last because the bedrooms need new carpet. So if I get done painting in those three rooms we can get someone in to do the carpet sooner. Plus the faster we get carpet the faster I get to create craftytown!!!!
posted by Susan at 9:44 PM
1 Comments:
Don't get discouraged! Part of the fun is knowing that you have ages to make the house your own - you're going to own it for quite a long time, so you might as well pace yourself!
I'd suggest putting in some borders around the trees - lots of people around here use mulch around the roots of their trees with a plastic/stone/etc border around the mulch, so you have a surface against which or on which to mow. It's nigh impossible to avoid the roots otherwise, even with a weedwhacker (I think I've done more damage with that, actually, than with the mower).
Nothing like finding the crap job someone else did on the house before you got it, eh? That's so typical. At least it's just wall stuff thus far. When we got our house, we found several instances where the former owner's son, who fancied himself a handyman/electrician (but was not actually licensed to be one) had done some seriously frightening DIY jobs (a live outlet right under the dripping plumbing leading to the dishwasher? why not!). Luckily we had a home warranty that covered those fixes.
Here's to the swift arrival of Craftytown!
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