It Doesn’t Look Like Much

This past weekend we tried to finish a few projects and totally failed in that department.

The master bathroom is beginning to look like a room albeit a purple one.
The master bathroom is beginning to look like a room albeit a purple one.

For instance I was hoping to get the master bath greenboarded and Hardiebackered.  (Yes, I’m coining new verbs.)

The greenboard (ours is actually purple) is finished.
The greenboard (ours is actually purple) is finished.

The green board is finished but we have 3 more pieces of Hardie backer to install before we can say “finished”.

The space above the bench in the master shower still wants some Hardie backer.
The space above the bench in the master shower still wants some Hardie backer.

Then I was planning to start mudding the master closet.

Master closet before the purge.
Master closet before the purge.

We cleaned the closet removing all the scraps and mess that had accumulated.

Drywall shards and other debris have been disposed of.
Drywall shards and other debris have been disposed of.
The right hand wall of the master closet has enough space to temporarily house our two tall dressers.
The right hand wall of the master closet has enough space to temporarily house our two tall dressers.

Once the closet was neat I thought we should try instead to move the chests of drawers from the master bedroom into the closet.

We'll get rid of the old TV and store the tall dressers in the closet until the master bedroom is painted.
We’ll get rid of the old TV and store the tall dressers in the closet until the master bedroom is painted.

The object is to paint the master bedroom which is already mudded and ready to be painted.

This was the master bedroom on Saturday morning.
This was the master bedroom on Saturday morning.

Unfortunately we just didn’t get that far enough to start painting.

We made a slight improvement but there's more to do.
We made a slight improvement but there’s more to do.

Although things are looking better they’re not much improved.  Maybe I can do a small task everyday this week and be ready to paint the master bedroom.  After all, I bought the paint months ago.

Do you change your mind in mid-stream? Does it work for you?

 

Author: Jo

Welcome to The Glade, where the second generation of renovations has just begun and the mania about our home, music and other passions fill our days and nights. We’re Charlie and Jo in the music world; Mary Jo and Charles to family; and JoJo and Charlie to each other. We are renovating a midcentury house in a Victorian historic district where we want to live there the rest of our lives. It's a 1946 house located in Maryland. We were married in this house. Thus far (pre-blog) we refinished cabinets, added a window seat (still working on the cushion), rearranged a wall in the guest house due to sink/vanity replacement, planted a vegetable garden, and other quick and not-so-quick fixes. So this latest zeal for construction is the result of my having lived here since 1997 and feeling a need to ready the house for the next chapter and beyond.

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