Basement Landing Room

The only major work I plan to do in the near future in the basement, is wrap up the drywall in the theater room, which I'll do tomorrow. That meant I could finally clean up the basement landing room and make use of it. The carpet is very cobbled together, but usable. You can also see the hot water line hanging behind the love seat. I'll hook that up tomorrow or early next week.

It's come a long way from looking like this

Right now I have no idea what I'm going to do with the room, or how I'm going to lay it out. The painted concrete wall here, along the stairs, and in the theater will be veneered in stone, but that won't happen anytime soon. At least now I have a space I can use, and I can even live down here if I get to a point upstairs where I'm refinishing the floors or something and need to avoid it for a while. Nice to finally not have a huge mess in the basement.

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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.

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.

Patio Demo

Wanted to get a good exposure to the foundation so I could verify the seal (think I found a leak in the planter box where the foundation meets), so I decided to tackle getting the rear concrete pad broken up. Quotes to do the job were in the $5k range, so I decided I'd break it up and move it myself. Removal then is only $650. Rented a breaker from HomeDepot. Took about 6-7hrs of work, and a lot of Ibuprofin. Went from this: To this: I am planning on taking at least a week of picking at it to move everything.

Normandy Park Restoration

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