More work

It's the end of 2007. Deb and I have been in the condo for 9 months now. And although it's been livable for that time, it's never been perfectly organized or tidy. It still isn't, really. But it's better. We spent today doing our normal chores of cleaning and during that time, something happened. We finally started going through some of the things that have been sitting there staring at us saying "WTF man, do something with me" I think I threw out (donated to Salvation Army) half my clothes. Our closet has been optimized (the best it can) so we finally have a linen closet. The bedroom now has room all the way around the bed to walk. All our crap we had in the corner of the living room is now stored (though I still need a big tool chest for all my tools... Xmas 2008?). Later, Deb is going to organize our desk. She has the day off tomorrow, so I'm making her do it. Yay!

Motivation

I haven't done much since the bathroom... and that's an understatement. We have a lot that needs to be done, but finding the motivation to do it is pretty difficult. I'm lazy by nature, so that's a big factor. I'd rather get comfortable on the couch and watch TV or some DVDs then do physical work. But it needs to get done. I still have a lot of patching up to do on the walls, and sanding, priming and then eventually... painting. Our main hallway closet needs to be rebuilt since it's a complete waste of space right now and the "shelves" that are in there are all falling apart. We still don't know how we're going to go about doing this, since the back wall is just drywall glued to concrete. Nothing to screw into.

We still have to order a vanity for the bathroom, as well as the countertop and sink etc etc. Until I do this, I can't remove the old vanity, which means I also can't install the new floor tiles. We're probably looking at February for the vanity, since it's not a cheap thing to do.

Anyone want to do the work for me? :P

Updates

Since my last post we haven't done a WHOLE lot. But we've done a couple things here and there.

-I got quotes for cabinets and a countertop for the bathroom
-I patched all the holes in the drywall in the bathroom
-I patched some of the drywall damage in the main hall that I didn't do last time

I think that's really about it. I'll probably finish off the drywall patching this weekend and get a coat of primer up.

Like, finished and stuff

The tile's been finished... for the most part anyways. I still have to put in some tiny slivers at the top and the part next to the tub behind the toilet.

Pictures:

Almost there!

So It's taken a lot longer than I had hoped, but we're finally nearing the end of the shower reno. All the tiles are in (with the exception of some tiny slivers of tile I need at the top, and a portion on the side at the bottom) and we're ready to start grouting. My fingers are killing me and my ass cheeks are sore from sitting on the edge of the tub. But it's all worth it. the shower looks awesome. Here's some photos:

Before:


After:

Slow Progress

We finally have all the walls down. As expected, I found mold. Not as much as I thought there'd be, but it's there. It was on the side of the shower with the concrete, and we have steel studs in the other walls, so there's no studs that are rotted. All we have to do is clean it up and we're back in business. Things have gone slowly because we had no work happening on sunday and I had to work only half a day yesterday, but we're still ok to finish before I go back to work next monday. Here are some pictures for your enjoyment:

It begins

So today I was supposed to rip down all the walls and have the plumber install the new valve. Well... not quite what happened. It turns out walls that have been tiled can be a bit tough to take down when there's a stud every 10 inches. I took down only the wall with the plumbing today. So I'm a little behind schedule. Oh well.

Tomorrow is Sunday. I can't do demo work on sunday. Why? Cus my strata is retarded and forbids renovations on sundays and holidays. I'd rather not get a fine, so instead the Deb and I are going to take a quick day trip down to Seattle. Hopefully it's a nice day. We're going to continue with the demo on monday and the big wall being concrete, I'm in for some fun. Not to mention I have a job interview at 3pm on Monday. I think we'll take a little longer to do this than I had hoped.

Here's a "during" picture: