Two reasons, a lot of the major stuff to make it passably livable is done.
And secondly, we need more money.
We did get the electric meter changed $450, now we wait for the city to add a transformer to a pole and run the line underground. I was told three weeks about 2 weeks ago.
We will see.
Yesterday I finished the first part of the back splash.
I tried to follow a youtube video about making your own grout and how easy it is vs. premixed grout.
LIE LIE LIE LIE!
I started off with too much water and had to use the entire bag just to get to a slightly p-nut butter consistency.
So I HAD A LOT OF GROUT. I ended up tossing 75% of it.
So when I continue, I am buying the premixed stuff!
This is the door I worked on and stained over Labor day. J hung it and installed the door knob. I got it at a great deal, brand new, for $4 (door knob and receptor piece) as it was the last one.
here are the before and after of the back splash
we needed to get an extension box to make the outlet flush with the new marble backsplash, but I like the results.
Now I have to keep working on the kitchen. It is hard to fit in dishes and stuff from a 4000 sq foot home into a 1200 sq ft home. I even left major things in the old house for the renters. I left a set of dishes, pots, pants, glasses, toaster.
I am working with a kitchen cabinet guy. We used them before to do my Mom's kitchen and another time for a less old home. They do nice work. But our size limitations are causing some design snafus.
So now we have to plan on moving the microwave to a different location. I'm just glad I didn't buy all those appliances at the Labor Day sale. That would have been a disaster had they not fit.
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