Bathroom Lighting

The main bathroom had some horrible florescent lights above the sink. The ballast appeared bad as they didn't work so I decided to replace them with some recessed lights from Ikea. Here is the original fixture:

I had temporarily put a different fixture in so that I could have some light, but there was an issue with that light, causing it to flicker. So, I decided to get cracking on the recessed lights. Here is the work in progress:

And the final result:

Lighting is much improved. I used a piece of wood from the basement and painted it a flat, dark olive green. The lights are wired in parallel. I had originally planed to wire them in series, but they were very dim in that configuration. The fixtures aren't quite sitting flush. The wire I used was so stiff that it's pushing them out slightly. I'll have to tinker on that later. However, overall the look is much better and the lighting is greatly improved.

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Paint

Had to get a coat of paint on before the rains hit. Not completely sold on the blue trim, may due a dark brown or grey there instead, but a huge improvement over what it was. Right now I only have one coat on, and haven't done the edging right, so it's a rough paint job, but it will tide the house over until I get a patch of good weather and can finish the job.

Ugly Float and Tape

Getting started on the float and tape job on the upstairs half bath. Pretty ugly so far. This is just the first coat, which is really intended to just get the tape down. Looks ugly, but it's actually not bad. Won't know for sure how it will look till the last coat. Plan is to do a texture-free level 5 finish. Not sure if I'll be able to pull it off or not, worst case if it doesn't pan out I can just throw some texture up.

Figuring out a plan for the sunken area, cleared it all out. Will likely need to deal with the chimney first.

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