A Few Quick Updates...

Well it has been awhile since the last update but things are progressing well.  I have a feeling that there is a re-occurring theme with these blog posts of being way too busy with work to get as much completed as I wanted to; but it doesn't look like that will be changing anytime soon.  I have been continuing the work on the stone columns and now 3 of the 4.5 columns are completed.  I am going to try and get the rest completed after work this week.  My big move-out for student housing is only about 2 weeks away so I really only have two more weeks to get tasks completed at my house before I have to spend almost 7 days a week at my job and that lasts for almost a month. Anyone reading this that has worked in Student Housing is feeling my pain. 

 My brother also has been working on the moldings at the top of the columns.  They are not yet painted but you can see what a difference it is making.  The moldings are just pine and then covered with an outdoor spackle to fill in all the imperfections.  Once sanded and painted you cannot even tell that the wood had imperfections.  I am looking for stone caps to put on the top of the columns and then more moldings go on top of that.   

I have also been working on re-doing my master bedroom closet.  This first picture shows what the closet used to look like.  It was original to the house and nothing has been done to it since the 70’s but it is nice because it is walk-in.

 

I tore out one side of the closet and installed the main tower but I have the other side still to do. There is a little story on the closet system. I bought the system 4 years ago in Oklahoma and in Colorado at Lowes.  This product was getting phased out so I bought it on clearance.  I literally hauled half this closet with me from Oklahoma.  The main tower was originally $400 but I bought it for $120.  The doors for the closet I bought for $12 but were originally $70.  All the drawer and cabinet fronts are solid wood and most of the closet system is actually real wood veneer.  It is going to be really neat when it is done.

I then hung the bars and you can now see what it looks like.  The closet will get all new baseboards and I am debating on hanging crown molding, but I kind of think it would look neat and only cost about $50.  I will also be repainting when I paint the rest of the house.  I will post the rest of the pictures when I complete the project.  This is the first real project on the inside of the house but as it starts to get colder outside, more posts will be about inside renovations. 

Lastly, I have started a counter to keep track of all the trips to the hardware store.  Below you can see the tally so far.  I will try to update it each week.  Well that is all for now; have a great week!