No, it gets worse.

Saturday, October 2, 2010


Sanding, as I've learned, was the bane of my existence during what I refer to as "the drywall experience". Mudding, hanging, all that....nothing. Sanding....well, I'm still finding sand particles in the house. I fear they will never leave. Someday, I'll go to clean my ears, 10 years from now, and a chunk of particles will come tumbling out of my ear canal. I just know it. Either way, sanding is the art part of drywalling and I detest inside corners. Well, outside corners as well. I just dislike them. The seams were easy.

Party time.

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The worst is over, right?

Friday, August 13, 2010


So, I thought the worst was over. I mean, it's all torn down and things just need to be reconstructed. No worries, right? Right? RIGHT??!?!?!?!? Right. Little did I know what I
was in for. Just getting it to my house was stressful enough. Putting it up and figuring out
the angles and usage of the boards? Lucky I had Paul. He knew how to do that. I certainly
never fared well at geometry. Only when playing air hockey.


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Rebuild it.

Sunday, August 1, 2010


So, part of the process of tearing down the livingroom and putting it back up meant
INSULATING! I'm still surprised how much that's changed the comfort level in the room.
I always thought it was just marketing at it's finest to sell insulation. It really does maintain
comfort levels quite well. Plus, it's super easy to install.
It was now time to start the harder part: hanging the drywall.




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Tearing down the house

Tuesday, June 29, 2010


Sometimes you just gotta tear down and build back up.
In this case, I got tired of stripping wallpaper. I wouldn't
wish that task upon anybody. ANYBODY. It gave me a mean
case of golfer's elbow. That said, I decided to try my hand at
drywall. My buddy Paul has done both of his places and insisted
that I not pay the $1500 everybody wanted and we would do it.
Little did I know what I was in for....


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Coming soon!

Saturday, March 27, 2010


Hammers in walls! I don't drop hammers, I set em!

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Ghetto plumber

Thursday, March 18, 2010


So, this house(I'm convinced) never had a washing machine. There's a clothesline in the backyard, but there is no evidence of a washing machine or a dryer. That led me to believe that Opal(the better half of the duo before me) washed all the clothes by hand. Seriously? Who does that still? It's not like my house is from the 1800's, it was built in 1951!
So, that said, I had to figure out how to get this washer and dryer set up because I sure as hell wasn't washing clothes by hand and I'm not doing the laundromat thing. I'm a responsible adult now, right? So, I called concrete cutting companies to get estimates and they both came in at the same amount to cut an L in the floor from the utility room to the garage and remove the concrete - $1500!!!!! WHAT? NO! So, I decided to go the makeshift route and do some ghetto plumbing and make something work. PVC, a box and some PEX and voila! Ghetto washer! The dryer made it into the garage. New Mexico taught me plenty.
(This is how I wanted it to look)
This is how it turned out.

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No mas baldosa.

Saturday, March 13, 2010


As neat as the tile looks on the walls and all, it sure is a challenge to line things up geometrically. I certainly didn't do well at geometry in high school and this project really tested my patience and fortitude several times. I had to walk away a couple times and just clear the mind. Luckily, Ben calmed me down and got me focused again. I love the results that came of it though.
I ordered a medicine cabinet, four weeks later it came, with a cracked mirror. Ridiculous. Fixed that, put in a hotel shower rod, painted and added an exhaust fan. Now I have the bathroom of which I am decidedly proud. I really love taking a bath or shower and just looking around in amazement that a ton of hard effort and very little planning achieved. I maintained the era of house with decidedly modern materials and am very happy with the results.




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