Posted in Basement, House Projects on Jan 16th, 2008
… but not without a lot of swearing.
Just like gravity is a law of Physics, the fact that one project will always lead to another is a law of DIY. Always.
Which is why I was supposed to spend Saturday laying the last section of stick tiles, but instead found myself staring at this:
When the half-bath [...]
Posted in Basement, House Projects on Jan 9th, 2008
But that isn’t to say the progress isn’t remarkable.
Before the basement was a workshop:
The “I took this picture after a glass of wine” shot of the workshop area:
And….
Voila! Stick-tile heaven!
I’ll get a shot of the workbench etc. etc. after I’m actually finished. There’s only about 30 of 300 sq ft to go, but they happen [...]
Posted in Basement, House Projects on Jan 7th, 2008
Obviously I’ve been spending hours at a time recently holed up in the utility portion of my basement getting high off the adhesive on the back of self-stick vinyl tiles. (Just kidding, it has no smell… not that I’ve tried or anything. Um. Moving on.) It’s not exactly a mentally-engaging project, so I’ve been considering what [...]
Posted in Basement, House Projects on Jan 3rd, 2008
For a while there I thought I may actually have lost my project-addiction, killed off by textbooks and lack of weekends. So it came as an immense relief when I dragged myself down to the basement after work today, and 20 minutes later (despite the fact that I have a job interview early tomorrow morning) found myself [...]
Posted in Basement, House Projects on Jan 16th, 2006
The basement has pretty much served as a catchall for everything that has gone down in the last year… moving in, ripping the Adorable Red Cabinets out, painting, tiling, flooring, plastering, and moving one extra-tall boyfriend in (and then out again). Then I decided to finish the fireplace room in the basement, at which point [...]
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Recycling Cabinet
DIY Wine Rack
