Bike Room and Electrical

Got some 4x8 sheets of pegboard this weekend and paneled the bike room walls. It's a little sloppy, but this isn't intended to be a finished space. Plus I'm assuming that I will probably have to pull them down later for electrical and plumbing access. But this gives me a better feel for the space. From that I can tell that I have enough space in there with the bikes that it will work as a viable shop.

I also got the theater room wired back up again, and wired one side of the kitchen, so finally I don't have an extension chord running across the floor to power the refrigerator upstairs.

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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.

Craigslist Find

I'm still using a lot of old Ikea Expedit stuff for storage. It works, and is flexible, but not fancy. Been on the lookout for something better. Ran across this on CL for only $300, and got them to deliver. Right now it's just staged in the open area of the basement. I should be able to finish the framing and drywall in the old theater, and I'll move these in there.

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.

Normandy Park Restoration

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