Adding some landscape lighting to the front of the house. I figure worst case if we don't close, I can take these with me. Experimenting with LED bulbs using a 5w MR16, the results are very nice. The uplight closest to the front door has the LED bulb, the rest are stock 50w hallogens. With the LED bulbs I can run a lot more lights on one ballast. I'll be adding about 3-4 more lights later.
We're set to close on the 15th of October, so I'm getting a little braver with my fixes and updates. I realize I want a little experience with the new airless sprayers before I tackle painting the exterior of the house. I also know that once I pull down the ceiling tiles in the basement, I'll want something to make it look decent while I'm working on the wiring and rearranging the upstairs. I thought I'd do a dark paint on the exposed wood. I'd seen pictures of that done in basements before and liked the look. The basements in this house are about 8" tall, a little lower than that when duct work or plumbing is a factor, so while not low, it can't hurt to have a dark look to improve the height of the ceiling. So, I figured I'd start by painting the ceiling in the unfinished part of the basement. Here are some before pictures: The paint I used was the same dark flat Olive Green I'd used on the lighting plate in the bathroom. It'
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