project(s) day

Multiple projects have been started around the house, and, unfortunately, all of them are occurring simultaneously. It only seemed appropriate to be working on our GREEN house on St. Patty's Day.


We're remodeling our downstairs bathroom. Originally a 3/4 bath, we'd like to make it a full bath, which means removing the cheapo standup shower and the wall with the supply lines. Once that is out, I'll pull the shell-style vanity (seriously, it's UGLY), then the toilet. Lay down a tile floor, all new bath units, some new lighting and fresh paint.


Outside, I'm framing in a new steel door that accesses the garage. The original door is probably the original door, and it's warped so much and isn't very safe with the window glass just a smash away. New lock 'n key knob 'n bolt for some added security to the house.


I'm also working on some landscaping aspects. The bed around the house was lined with 8x8s, and our yard is so moist that they've been rotting away over the years. So, I'm removing them and replacing the wall (hopefully) with retaining wall cement blocks. The corner going around the house (pictured above) will be a challenge.


The retaining wall will also be part of a window well that will be dug to install an egress window for the basement bedroom (the window for the room is picture above). Since there is no other egress than the stairs going to the main floor of the house, we can't claim that bedroom as an official bedroom, but an egress window would allow for that. The clincher is that we'd be sawing a hole in our foundation. Messy stuff.


But, at the end of the day, we got to try out our new fire pit. This is shot is from this morning...the embers all fizzled out...just like the end to my mini-vacation working at home.