The kids are always complaining about not having enough storage space, and there’s this big blank wall. Looks like it could use some shelves… Installing the first track… Then, the track for the other end… Then, the center track… And, finally the shelves…
I know a local guy that does a lot of renovations of older homes. He had a lot of old window sash lifts he wanted to unload… It was a deal I couldn’t pass up… They’re not the exact pattern of the upstairs hardware, but they’re really close. I think they’ll blend in nicely, if […]
The old fan in this Bedroom finally decided it was finished working… The old fan removed… The new fan, installed…
There wasn’t any original shoe moulding in the closet, but I think it will help clean up the lines between the floor and baseboards… All of the pieces of shoe moulding, cut, and painted… Detail of the shoe moulding… The first piece to be installed is the piece that goes in the back… The first […]
Before the baseboards were painted… Starting to paint the baseboards, using a piece of paper as a mask to keep from getting paint on the floor… First coat of paint, covering the worst spots… Baseboard painting, completed…
Beginning to add the matching selves on the opposite wall. Last shelf on the left side, installed… The first of the back shelves, installed. And, the final back self, installed…
We bought the new shelving at Menards, this morning… The first step in the shelving installation process is to make a level line where the back of the shelf needs to go. Then, you mark the spots where the support clips will be mounted. The second step is to drill the holes. The third step […]
The wall primer has been completed… We then painted all of the inside corners with the off white color. Then began using the roller to paint the ceiling and walls with the off white color. The woodwork on the interior of the closet will be painted white. Upper wood work, completed…