Weekend Renovation Update #2
Following last Saturday's announcement of the commencement of renovation activities in earnest, I've though to try and document what's going on with 1219 from time to time as yet another salient sub-plot of our little site. So here's the latest:
-- Holes from the removed chair rail and many of the other large gouges and support holes puttied and patched and sanded, just like the Brucer taught us. (Aidan helped putty the holes, and managed to hit many surfaces not in need of putty at the same time.
-- Wallpaper glue removed from wall surfaces in most of the closet in the front room, though the lower walls remains to be completed.
-- Floors washed extensively by Aidan and Reese. By "washed," I mean "wet sponges were grabbed from buckets and left to drip copious amounts of water on the floors." Aidan wore her bright yellow Spongebob Squarepants shirt to help. Reesie preferred her "comfort outfit" of choice -- completely nude. "Noodie," as she says.
Not significant change, but progress all the same. Of course, for every step forward, there's two back. The pipes did their monthly back-up trick, bubbling disposal water up into the kitchen sink and clogging it solid, and some sort of foul-smelling glop coming up the pipes and into the tub while we had guests over Saturday night. We'll be adding "complete plumbing system replacement" to the ultimate masterplan, most likely.
-- Holes from the removed chair rail and many of the other large gouges and support holes puttied and patched and sanded, just like the Brucer taught us. (Aidan helped putty the holes, and managed to hit many surfaces not in need of putty at the same time.
-- Wallpaper glue removed from wall surfaces in most of the closet in the front room, though the lower walls remains to be completed.
-- Floors washed extensively by Aidan and Reese. By "washed," I mean "wet sponges were grabbed from buckets and left to drip copious amounts of water on the floors." Aidan wore her bright yellow Spongebob Squarepants shirt to help. Reesie preferred her "comfort outfit" of choice -- completely nude. "Noodie," as she says.
Not significant change, but progress all the same. Of course, for every step forward, there's two back. The pipes did their monthly back-up trick, bubbling disposal water up into the kitchen sink and clogging it solid, and some sort of foul-smelling glop coming up the pipes and into the tub while we had guests over Saturday night. We'll be adding "complete plumbing system replacement" to the ultimate masterplan, most likely.
