When we bought our house back in 1994, the previous owners left behind a lot of junk one of which was a cupboard. This huge behemoth of a pile of wood with its stark white infirmary looking medicine chest color was more…
Just in time for the matriarch of the Spritzer family’s visit…. Even though it was hard, I truly enjoyed doing it especially the floors. I never thought they would come out as original as they did. One lesson I…
I was going to post the final result pictures today but took a little detour. I recently became re-acquainted with an old friend, a Chick, from my kid days on Tampa Ave. in Albany. She lived next door with her…
When we decided to give the bedrooms a makeover because of Mike’s wedding at the end of June, Steph decided to call around and get some quotes for the floor refinishing. Some of the prices we got for the three…
Steph was just complaining way too much about the sorry state of the lawn mower. It was really getting hard to start, the power drive died a few years ago and it was beginning to make this awful grinding chunking…
Most people dread painting because they don’t have the patience to pay attention to those minute details that become more noticeable later. Things like filling holes, uneven patches, paint overlaps, shadows have an everlasting effect. Since I was sidelined with…
As I was working my way through the second of three bedrooms, the master, I realized I hadn’t taken too many pictures of my efforts. I decided to do this with the third bedroom. This room used to be Danny’s…
In my last post, I mentioned that the living room, hallway and my office were done by outside “professional painters”. Steph found them while watching the local news. She figured if they were good enough to appear on tv, that…
In the midst of everything, Steph decided she wanted the living room and hallway redone. The living room is pretty large room and there were a lot of structural hairline cracks since the walls and ceiling are plaster. The hallway…
With our son’s wedding coming up at the end of June coupled with the fact that we hadn’t done anything to bedrooms since moving in back in 1996, we decided it was a good opportunity to all three bedrooms. Given…