Day 15: Ewwww

While cleaning the master bathroom, I noticed that the sink had a slow drain.  I then remembered the inspector saying that during the home inspection prior to me purchasing it.  I took the thingy off to look in the sink and this happened.

I wish you guys can smell it too.  Gross huh?  Well I threw the sink thingy away and guess what?  No more slow drain.

Day 14: Moving Sooner than Thought!

I booked a UHaul Truck and they offered a list of movers and the prices were very right.  I selected "Two Men No Truck" after reading the reviews of their satisfied customers.  It will only cost me $140 for two hours and $55 for each additional hour.  I will be so organized that I will only need them for two.  I am just moving down the street...

Today, I bought switch plates and plastic mattress carrying bags for our mattresses during the move.  I put the switch plated and outlet plates up throughout the house and it gives it a more finished look.  I took down the masking tape from the ceilings and baseboards through out.  I think I will need to touch up some paint from where the masking tape accidentally covered,but I will do that after the move.  In fact, that will be best because there may be a few nicks on the wall from the move so I would have to touch paint up anyway.

 (insert photos with switch plates here)

Tomorrow I may be at the house that I'm moving from more than at the condo, I have to pack.  I will be loading smaller items into my jeep and take them over to the condo when I do go; killing two birds with one stone.

Day 13: Striped Wall

I was only at the condo for about an hour today.  We need to rest, we've been at it for 12 straight days from morning to night.  Although I was supposed to rest today, I did sneak in some prep for my striped wall.  I measured the lines 15 inches apart, drew them with pencil and taped the wall.  All under 1 hour.  All I have to do is fill in three stripes with white paint then I'm good.  Much much easier than the stenciled walls.  You can't go too wrong with straight lines unless you attempt to do it without a level.

Day 12: Getting the inside of the cabinets and drawers ready to fill

I lined all of the drawers and cabinets with gray and white chevron contact paper.  I wrestled with that stuff and still got creases but I'm not going to worry about it.  I lined some drawers and the cabinet with the dishes with a gray non-slip mesh on top of the contact paper to keep things like my wine glasses from sliding or my utensils from sliding when you pull the drawer open.


I am really regretting not taking a "before" picture of the stove.  It was really dirty.  It was so dirty that I originally planned to just throw it out and get the stainless steal one that I want.  I came to my senses and just gave it a well-deserved scrubbing though.  As mentioned in an earlier blog that I self-cleaned the oven and it looks great.

The grates on the stove were wearing my fingers out and I knew that there had to be an easier way to clean them.  I found a Youtube video saying to get four 1 gallon ziplock bags, put a grate in each bag, then put Ammonia in the bag.  Let them soak over night and then the next day, lightly wipe them with your dish towel and soap, then rinse with warm water.  I did just that the other day and it was easy peasy.  I also soaked the stove knobs and those round thingies that go on top of the burner.  Today all I had to do with the stove was get a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, dampen it and wipe the dirt from the side of the stove off.

Day 11: "Same Old" from yesterday

Yeah, so we prepped with frog tape then painted baseboards, door frames and doors today.  Nothing picture worthy.  I'm exhausted.  Hopefully I will be moving in within the next few days.  Tomorrow, I'm bringing my iron/ironing board, all the curtains and curtain rods for the rooms.  Whichever window frames that don't need another coat will get covered.

Day 10: Painting doors, frames, baseboards and molding

Painting the trim white is really making everything look new and making the rooms pop!  It's a great contrast to the dark walls and floors.  It's leaving a very clean look and I am loving it!

Here is the hallway before the trim was painted

Here is the Hallway after one coat of trim

Tomorrow my sister is applying the second coat and applying a first coat to the rooms that we missed today.  My son came by to paint the inside of his closet.  We hope to start moving in this week.  Today I put on the finishing touches to the Imperial Trellis Wall, finished painting the kitchen cabinets, my sister finished painting the kitchen walls, I cleaned my stove grates using the Ammonia and ziplock bag method (worked perfectly).  We did a lot in 11 hours!

Day 9: Imperial Trellis Wall

Do you think that I'm crazy to tackle on another feature wall especially after yesterday's bullish?  Well tomorrow you're going to think that I'm insane in the membrane because I am going to do a tired feature wall.  That will be tomorrow's post though.  Today, I used a stencil from Etsy and it is wayyyy easier than the stencil by The Curting Edge.  Look at the difference (well quality) of the stencil itself. The little clear piece above is a small stencil by the company that made the chevron one.  The thick opaque one that doesn't curl up is what I used today.  It costs less than the cheesy one too!

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