Category Archives: sheetrock

Roof, There It Is

posted on January 24, 2014

Disclaimer: This post is wordy, full of run-on sentences and totally time consuming. Grab a pillow for your rear end and settle in. Otherwise I’ll catch you on the next post. It does go somewhere, though. Just not in a hurry!

I probably never shared the story of our roof and I guess it’s because I’ve tried to wipe most of the experience from my memory. It was summer and a very pleasant 102 degrees outside. Our insurance company told us we had 60 days to put on a new roof or they ….

Hallway Update: I think I’m becoming a “pro”

posted on November 12, 2013

Time for a quick update. And just so you know, the title is a bit sarcastic, but honestly I’m starting to feel like it’s only a matter of time before I put an ad in the paper for people to hire me to fix their sheetrock. I’m starting to like it that much. Is that weird?

After my last hallway post I casually mentioned to Richie that with the Thanksgiving holidays coming wouldn’t it be nice to get that paneling off the wall and some sheetrock up BEFORE his vacation starts. It was a feeble attempt to coax him into doing ….

Floating Away The Blues

posted on October 29, 2013

There’s this wall. She’s kind of cool in an artsy, fun way. Her maker had great ideas and good intentions. She was well thought out and totally awesome in her day. I love her but I had to let her go. It’s okay, though… there’s a happy ending.

Finally a weekend to get back to work in the back “studio” of our house. My goal was to work on this little corner of the hallway. The picture above is what it looked like when we closed on the house. I know it doesn’t look half bad but just trust me ….

Office Work

posted on July 4, 2013

It’s time to get back on track with my postings here. My whole reason for starting this blog was to keep a “journal”, if you will, of all the projects we complete big or small. Having a record of all the work we’ve done over the past 4 years is incredibly motivating to us… and it helps us realize how grateful we are to have this opportunity and just how far we’ve come. Unfortunately I have NOT been keeping up well with things and that makes it ten times more difficult to get going again. I’m just going to START ….

The Great Wall of TROUBLE

posted on February 12, 2013

There’s The Great Wall of China, and The Wall in Manhattan…. the Lennon Wall in Prague and Pink Floyd’s THE WALL…. but our wall is not the kind to be celebrated, and I’m pretty sure it won’t attract tourists. One thing I am sure of is that it’s been nothing but trouble. After three years of waiting we finally conquered this hideous beast. Lets look back and see what all the fuss was about.

I’m still in my workout room but we are making progress each week. Richie and I have about a day and a half each week to work on the house ….

A Workout

posted on January 9, 2013

It’s been so nice taking a much needed break from renovation work. The holidays were very restful and Richie and I enjoyed our weeks off. I’ve decided that I really would love to be a “stay-at-home” chick! I won’t go into all of it because… well… it’s freakin’ OVER and without coming off as a grouch I’m happy it is. The holidays stress us out and we are always happy to get through it. (I know, I know.. cranky ass!)

With three weeks off during the holidays I found myself getting pretty bored near the end. I’m use to going ….

All this for a TV?

posted on July 23, 2012

Well, it’s still raining here in Texas, but at least not non-stop. We’re doing our best to work around the down pours. It looks like the upcoming week shows some improvement and we’ll see the return of heat and humidity. Never thought I’d be so excited for the return of both!

I have been taking advantage of the fact that there is always an indoor project to do when the weather doesn’t cooperate. So LUCKY ME, I’ve been working on a portion of our media cabinet. Yes, aren’t you jealous?… I know you are. If dirty, messy, stinky, and sticky are ….

This and That in the Bedroom

posted on April 18, 2012

Oh… get your mind out of the gutter. It’s not that kind of post. HA!

The weekends come and go so quickly that I’m not sure I even had one last week. We didn’t make a lot of progress on the Master Bedroom because there were so many other things that needed to be done.

You know things have gone too far when you star seeing cobwebs on the artwork like we’re living in some haunted house, there’s “pink slime” in the toilet that even the FDA wouldn’t approve of and you go to get the cat off the couch and you ….

there’s water where?

posted on March 8, 2012

Those three words came out of my mouth at the exact moment we were trying to leaving for our friend Charlie Stagg’s memorial service this past weekend. Not three words a homeowner wants to say or hear. It means trouble.

We were just about to leave the house and my husband had taken a quick shower. We noticed water come out from under my brand new cabinets in the kitchen. OH SHIT, the kitchen plumbing was leaking? No, it’s fine. Where’s it coming from? The shower that is on the other side of the brick wall in the kitchen. No doubt ….

master bedroom update

posted on January 3, 2012

Now that the kitchen is done we moved back into the master bedroom. We actually stopped all the work in this room when the kitchen project started to move so fast. Once we found a carpenter everything took off and the bedroom was abandoned. I’m definitely ready to get back to it. So here we go….

We’ll start with a quick “update” and reminder of where we were and what we’ve done.
The dark wood tongue and groove ceilings got cleaned and stained. The nice opaque stain really brightened the space. You may remember this post. >>>> Click Here.

Master Work

posted on August 14, 2011

Since taking the week off from work, Richie and I got a really great start to the master bedroom. I’m happy to finally get to this space, as I haven’t really had a closet to speak of in over 2 years. I’ve just been shoving everything in and sliding a hideous curtain across the front to hide everything. No offense to the previous owners choice… but I couldn’t live with only a curtain to conceal all my crap. Women just have too many damn shoes and way too many clothes… mostly stuff that I could probably get rid of but ….

Birds on My Back

posted on July 31, 2011

Over the last few weeks I’ve really been taking it easy with my work load, as I seriously injured my back while working on sheetrock in the bedroom. Richie claims that I stood on that damn step stool too long while leaning over and holding myself up for two days straight.

I really think he’s right.
Don’t you just love that lamp! Richie found that years ago at some crazy sale. I think it use to be a heat lamp used in a hospital or doctors office. We took all the “heat” part out of it and made a lamp out of ….

Short Attention Span

posted on June 28, 2011

What can I say… I get bored sometimes working on the same project and I jump to other things, even though I know I shouldn’t. I sometimes think I have the attention span of a 3 year old. After finishing the hallway panels, it’s time for me to move into the master bedroom (which I’m dragging my feet on. HUGE PROJECT!). Last Friday evening Richie was messing around in the “studio” area of the house (which I rarely talk about because we haven’t done anything to it). There’s paneling throughout the 600+ square feet of the studio which needs to ….