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The LSB is in the history books. Here is a recap. BeforeHere is the view from the doorway into the bath from the master bedroom. Note on the left is the hinged door. In the case where someone might be using the toilet and someone else rushed in, it w [Read More]

I run across a lot of weird things in remodeling. Occasionally something appears that reinforces my long held belief that architects and designers should be required to serve an internship and residency like doctors before they get a license to pract [Read More]

So hubby worked long and hard yesterday to get the living room cleared out of all his electronic stuff. Here’s a kind of before, hubby had added a couple of extra set of speakers, and probably 4 or 5 more electronic items since the picture was [Read More]

Well, hubby and I ran into our first real problem as a homeowner. Don’t get me wrong, we have jumped hurdles after hurdles since we first laid eyes on this house, but this is a first problem that we have encountered with the house that was beyo [Read More]

I run across a lot of weird things in remodeling. Occasionally something appears that reinforces my long held belief that architects and designers should be required to serve an internship and residency like doctors before they get a license to pract [Read More]

Man, it’s almost all coming together!!! Hubby and our friends came over on Saturday to help again with the AC ducts. Well, they are about 95% done… arg. They kept hitting snags at the right side of the house… the stupid roof line is [Read More]

And 6 days before our roommate moves in. Hubby and I are pretty hopeful that we are going to get the common living spaces done before he moves in on the 1st. His rental room is almost done, I just need to put new face plates on, clean the windows an [Read More]

Hubby and I were at a stopping point when my uncle was in the process of tiling the floors. He didn’t have enough tiles! *gasp!* I know… and my other uncle didn’t have any more of the marble tiles either! Another *gasp!* Bah! We wer [Read More]

Yay! Hubby and I are almost done with the hallway bath yesterday. We jam packed a lot of things in one HOT day yesterday, and it was 107 degrees HOT!And we don’t have AC yet! The inside of our house stayed fairly cool- thanks to the awesome ins [Read More]

Yea, another dollar we are spending on our house… Home ownership seriously comes with a guarantee that there are never ending tasks that will come your way… After tackling the stuff listed right before we left for our Iowa vacation… [Read More]

The LSB is in the history books. Here is a recap.BeforeHere is the view from the doorway into the bath from the master bedroom. Note on the left is the hinged door. In the case where someone might be using the toilet and someone else rushed in, it wo [Read More]

My official painting T-shirt is back out of retirement! The last time I busted it out was seven months ago, when we were preparing for our home study, and I decided impulsively to paint the hall bathroom with a pint of dark green paint we had lying [Read More]

The LSB is down to the bits. Major work is complete.  We are down to the details. ToiletThe glass block although only a 6x6'' unit adds enough light so you can find it without needing a flashlight. The toilet is an American Standard Cade [Read More]

Before and AfterHere is where we started and here is where we are finishing. In our last episode I was working on the access panel for the jacuzzi. Having sorted that out, I spent time finishing up the skim coating and priming and painting in anticip [Read More]

The tub we have installed is a 36'' Jacuzzi Espree model. This presented a number of challenges such as planning and sizing the finish materials to trim out this unit. The walls are going to be covered completely with solid surface material f [Read More]

Having gotten the drywall hung it was time to tape. I always tape coat my flats and corners before installing corner bead. It works out better for me. I have a tutorial with the long explanation here. I am using 45 minute 'hot mud' 'speed [Read More]

Tuesday and Wednesday had me taping up a storm to get ready for the installation on Friday. Thursday had me taping and painting the closet for Friday. I wanted to get the closet done so that I could paint before installing the water heater. Because I [Read More]

In our last episode I discussed blocking prior to drywalling. Since we are installing a water heater  to provide water for the Jacuzzi, and fixtures on this side of the house, which included tying in the hall bathroom (an in progress change that [Read More]

pMost Arizona houses are slab on grade. This means that changing plumbing#0160; is challenging or expensive. Slab on Grade houses are laid out, and the plumbing, both waste and supply lines are buried in the ground before the slab is poured. You see [Read More]

pMost of my work is done as a solo act. I work better this way. However there are times where you need someone on the other end. This weekend my daughter gave me a hand moving and installing the doors on this project. She had recently gotten back int [Read More]