arrival of the w/d

need we say more.


after buying our w/d in august, before we closed on our house, we pushed back our delivery date about six times...since we had no laundry room.

what a glorious sight! and need i say...clean clothes!

painting & wainscoting

wanting to get this laundry room project done, we decided to double-team today. we will work in tandem like a...a tandem bike. andrea will paint, and i will put up the wainscoting.

the start.


look a that green color. awesome.


i had to break out the team tris shirt for today. we. will. conquer.


andrea was staring to pass me up. she painted all the walls and started in painting wainscoting before i had finished putting it up.


needing to finish up quickly, andrea said that desperate times call for desperate measures. then she handed me a paint brush. i'll try not to let her down.


she turned around and asked what in the world was i doing. i had no reply.


she does a way better job painting than i do. thankfully.

grout.

since i was sore from laying tile yesterday and grouting this morning, andrea jumped in to wash down our newly lain grout.


we just noticed that we do not have any outside faucets. add that to the project list. i guess the bath tub will have to do.


grout? done.

happy thanksgiving day... tiling!

that's right, what better way to give thanks then to wake up at 7am to tile your laundry room. this has to be quick, guests arrive at 2pm for dinner and i still have to cut the edge tiles.

i'm sure the neighbors love me! cutting tiles outside at 730 in the morning. i was going to cut them in the garage, but then remembered the mess we had when i cut tiles in the basement of our previous house.

breaking in the new rotozip!

i walked in to tell andrea that in order to be finished by dinner, i'd need help laying the tile. she asked if i had looked in the mirror lately. i had no idea.

three hours left until dinner and i'm just starting to lay tile.


almost done,



done!

10 minutes left for a shower.

selecting and dry-fitting tile

andrea found an amazing deal on slate tiles: universal granite and marble in auburn, wa.
scored 12 x 12 slate tile for two bucks a square foot.

andrea selected each tile for their respective location on the floor.


we spent the evening dry fitting the tiles. i guess that's what happens when you turn 30. instead of going out to parties, you stay home and dry fit tiles. it's well worth the time, we'll have little time for error tomorrow.
if you need stone tiles or counter tops, head down to universal granite and marble and see sunny!

dry wall...sweet, dry wall.

although i very much dislike sanding dry wall, i don't mind slapping the mud onto the wall.
progress.

please. i beg you please.

don't ever do this.

don't be a cheapskate. buy a 89 cent junction box.

you.have.got.to.be.kidding.me.

raw.open.wires.

i'm glad i didn't try to cut the lath out with the sawsall!
i'd of joined the mouse in the crawl space.