swschrad's Journal: carpet is all done, and so is my right arm.

elbow tendinitis and a sore shoulder are the result of our sanding down the 5 bedroom windows for refinishing, and whaling out all the old trim and baseboard in those two rooms, as well as ripping out bad stinky carpet, pad, and the tack strips.

either the little doggie the previous owners had was incontinent, or.... no, I don't want to think about that ;)

only had to replace a three foot piece of subfloor, though.

had some friends lay the carpet, and there isn't much paint to redo for scratching. my, that is some wonderful dense carpet to walk on ;)

got to put on baseboard and fix the paint before we can put the second bedroom back together, move in the computer colossus and the sewing maze, and clear the rest of the deck and house back to liveable again.

now, when I have an arm back in a few days, I have to level up about 10 of the 38 cupboard doors, and then we clean the garage until there's no dust left. then it's staining and sanding 38 cupboard doors for the kitchen, seven interior prehung door sets in 6-panel oak, and 6 bifold 6-panel oak closet doors for the three closet spaces. then door installation.

then a shipload of trim and door molding stain and varnishing, and we're done with this phase of remodelling. only things left will be paint in the hallway and living room, repairing the glass and redoing the wood in the living room, and eventually new living room carpet. it's a full half-day project to strip down the media center, so that even more than wanting to hang onto some savings, is delaying that project.

oh, what, hon? ah, forgot about the shed levelling and foundation, and it's garden time. how'd that slip my mind???

dude, you don't have to submit as a story

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