Can You Hear the Creaking? That's Just Me ~

Peeps, I am too dang old to be doing this kind of work.  On Sunday, instead of taking Miss Diva swimming, Walker and I finished taking down all the paneled walls.  We removed all the nails and hauled the paneling outside.  Then Walker removed the nails from the trim, sanded each piece, and filled the nail holes with putty.  When the putty dried he sanded them again, then he brought all the trim pieces down to the basement for me to prime and paint. 


Meanwhile, Bro and the boys stopped by to pick up the weight bench and weights that we've been storing for them, also in the basement.  I helped them bring up the weights and bars.  Then I moved all the furniture to one side of the basement and cleaned the floor.  While the floor was drying, I took up each of the carpet tiles from the living room and brought them down to the basement.  While Walker slept, I laid the carpet squares in his man-cave downstairs.  Honestly, I would have loved nothing more than to haul that icky carpet out to the curb, but we have cement floors with peeling paint down there right now, so even icky carpet is an improvement. 

Walker's man cave in the basement, after I moved the carpet squares.  We took the far wall down after one of the many floods two years ago ~ Walker wants more drywall but I think that will be money down the drain, as we flood on a regular basis.  We're in negotiations.  =)

Walker had to go to work Sunday night, so I had the house to myself while I primed and painted all that trim.  While the first coat dried, I moved all the furniture back:  sofa, loveseat, china hutch, end tables, entertainment center, TV, dining table, four chairs, and four bar stools.  Did you know that if you put cardboard under the legs, even the heaviest furniture slides over carpet like sled runners on snow?  Walker didn't.  He still doesn't believe I moved all that furniture myself.  I am woman, hear me roar!  Yeah, right.  My legs are bruised and every muscle in my body hurts.  I know I will pay for this tomorrow ~

Two - thirds done ~ well, with the first coat, anyway!

Look What We Made!

Last summer, with the boys in mind, and knowing that Bro would be settling into his own place soon, Walker and I picked up a couple chairs at a neighbor's rummage sale.  The chairs were priced at $5 for the pair.  It doesn't get much better than that.  Walker took them apart before I snapped a photo, but here's what they looked like, minus a seat cushion with a pretty ugly gold seashell pattern:

Walker took the seats off, then sanded down the wood.  A coat of black primer and two coats of glossy black paint completed Walker's portion of the project.  Then Bro and I recovered the seat cushions, using purple Vikings print fabric for Cubby and a really cool textured tiger print fabric for Squeak.  And here is what they look like now:

Cubby's Vikings chair ~

Squeak's tiger chair

I haven't seen the boys' rooms all put together yet, but hopefully we'll get up there soon.  The boys seem to love what we did for them.  I have to remember my camera when we go, so I can share the end result.