I'm trying to pick up where I left off - basically just finishing things I started. By my count, that's moving in stuff (unpacking, organizing, donating), the garage door that I stripped the paint from, and the foundation work. Once that is finished I'll be able to move on to new endeavors; mainly renovating the living room/entry/kitchen. I'll admit, the delays haven't been entirely bad. We've been able to put a lot more thought into what we'd like the kitchen to actually look like. Anyway, on with the updates...
The garage is where all the organizing and donating has been going on. A few days ago it looked like this.
The empty space to the left of the truck pretty much shows the outline of where Danielle's car goes. Now it looks a lot more like this:
There are still a few more things to take care of, but overall it's a HUGE improvement. Of course, part of the open space will be taken up (temporarily) by Mt Cinderblock pretty soon. Some of the cinderblocks will go underneath the house as they get used, but the rest need to hang out somewhere. I'm getting tired of parking outside so this will probably happen sometime next week.
This afternoon / evening I finally restarted work on that garage door I stripped the paint from. Being exposed to the elements for six months beat on the wood but it's nothing sanding it couldn't take care of. I plan on finishing the rest of this door tomorrow. I"m not sure if the color will lighten a bit or not, but the finish will shine less. I used satin finish marine spar varnish, but it was still wet in this picture.
And in case anyone was wondering how landscaping at the rental house came out, here's what it looked like before / after.
It's hard to tell, but in the 3rd picture you can see the bricks I added to fill in what was missing between the ground and the house. All plants are perennials, so we'll see how long they last. They were pretty healthy looking last time I looked at them a few days ago. Hope they're still in good shape next time I go over there to cut the grass on Saturday.
