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Living Room Project Almost Done

As soon as TSC opened up yesterday morning I was there to pick up a ton of pellets. Made two trips to load them in the Explorer and then stacked in the garage (really nice not to have a vehicle in the garage anymore so I have room to store pellets now).

The ramp to the back porch has grown a good crop of algae and moss in the last month or so. That is saying something about how much rain and just general humidity has been around because until mid July of this year, my area was still in a drought that started June 2020. The ramp was getting very slick when there was only a hint of moisture so I decided it was a good day to deal with it. I sprayed it down with Odorban (a cleaning agent that is also an algeacide) and scrubbed off as much as I could. Then I went to Abuchon's and got some Wet and Forget and applied it.

I mowed the first crop of leaves Wednesday evening and had planned on more mowing for Saturday. But everything was wet from the rain Friday, and the dense fog until mid morning Saturday, so I decided to work on the living room. One project left was installing baseboards.

To the side of the pellet stove and the doorway into the kitchen

The wall in the foreground is brand new for this summer. That wall used to only have the electrical outlet that is down toward the hall

To the left and right are parts of the livingroom. I also did the hallway. On the left side, the bathroom door had been moved. The piece on the far side of that door isn't actually nailed in since I will eventually be ripping out the other door casings so I can make them match the darker colors I am using. In the right foreground, there used to be a door casing to the hallway (and at only 3' wide, the frame and casing took up real estate and made it look extremely tiny). I filled in the hole in the wood floor a couple of weeks ago as the frame for the casing went down to the subfloor.

The only thing left to do in the living room is to trim out the "windows" that look into the stairwell. Still trying to get the stain right for the interior pieces as those are different material than the frame parts are, so it won't happen overnight.

Not Your House Bud

The neighbor's cats hang out in my yard all the time (pictures taken 8/31/21). These cats live across the street behind my house.

On 9/3/21, I saw this

Although the cats "can" get into the fenced area, I've made it so they have to work at it and they haven't been inside this summer (that I am aware of). Actually, this is the only cat that has done so - its buddy hasn't and the other neighborhood cats have not either. IDK, maybe it was looking for Rita, which I have not let out this year. Spot was intrigued and the "not my cat" stayed there until Rainey showed up a minute later. Rainey's face always shows such an attitude, that I don't blame the "not my cat" for skedaddling.

Painting

Got all my main floor ceilings painted, along with the wall between the living room and stairs (both sides). Also painted crown moulding for the living room and re-installed it. It is tough getting the crown moulding lined up by yourself, but it can be done. I also had to cut some of it down as the sheet rock I had installed back in 201 was thicker than the original sheet rock (yes, it has been that long since the crown moulding has been totally installed).

This is the bedroom ceiling. Amazing the difference between the formally white ceiling tiles and the white chocolate paint.


This bedroom wall has been unfinished since early 2015 :D. I must have run out of paint. I was amazed at how well the paint I bought earlier this week matched the old paint.

Crown moulding installed in the living room.