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fenchurchTo recap, for those joining our story mid-episode: it all started with a broken stopper in the laundry room sink. Now, sure, we could have just fixed the stopper... or even gotten a new faucet set, which would have completely replaced the old stopper. But we'd never really liked the sink in the laundry room (it was a standard bathroom sink and not very usable), so we figured we'd just get a nice utility sink for that spot... which would mean getting a new counter-top and actually a new vanity/cabinet to put it in (since the old one had drawers where the new sink would need to be). The psychics at the Home Depot credit card department were working overtime that week and happened to send us a "12 months same as cash" coupon, followed two days later by a "10% off your entire purchase" coupon. Score! So, we bought the new cabinet, new countertop, new sink and new faucet... and tore out the old one.
Which is where it really starts to gain steam. We looked at the walls (not painted where the old cabinet used to be) and decided that while the cabinet was out, we may as well paint the room. And if we're going to be moving the washer and dryer anyway, and the cabinet was already out, why not replace that ratty old linoleum with tile? Oh! And we've always wanted a *window* in this room! (Seriously, it had a wall that just cried out "I should have a window!")
We'd originally planned on taking down the old wire-rack shelving and replacing it with some spiffy new wood shelving to match the one cabinet we'd already purchased... except that turned out to be WAY more expensive than we would have thought. And after checking with Home Depot again, we discovered we could get a roomful of cabinets for less than the shelving system we'd been looking at (and they're actually decent cabinets -- nothing fancy, but sturdy and nice-looking). Once again, the psychics at the Home Depot credit department, sensing the impending expansion of our project (or perhaps just annoyed that we'd already paid off the last batch of stuff), sent us *another* coupon. Their timing really is impeccable.
Then we decided we wanted to put in another countertop, in the area between the door and the washer. It was an odd size (18 inches by 6 feet), but we figured we'd just get another of the prefab countertops and wing it. Except in the intervening months, they'd quit carrying the color counter we'd previously purchased. *headdesk* We spent a Saturday morning touring all of the area Home Depots on the off-chance someone still had it in stock and started chatting with an employee at one of them who finally said "Have you considered just going with tile?" So, um, yeah... now we're doing tile countertops to match our floor.
After we picked out our tile, we realized that the old light blue-ish grey toilet, while still perfectly usable and in good condition, really wasn't going to work... so a week or so ago, we picked a new one up at CostCo (it was on special... and, even better, it was the style that we'd really wanted. The dual flush type, with a split button on top of the tank, like practically every toilet we saw when we were in Australia). And then we decided to bring the tile out into the little hallway in front of the laundry room. Not too much of a problem, considering everything else we have planned.
Long story slightly shorter, so far we've torn out the old cabinet/sink, put in a window, painted, put in a new light fixture, ripped out the old flooring, and replaced all the outlets and light switches with fancy new white ones (the old ones were that color optimistically referred to as "Ivory" but were really more of a dirty, dingy looking off-white, sort of like the old color of the walls). Honestly, even with just a bare concrete floor at this point, it *still* looks better than it used to!
Today we'll be putting up the upper cabinets on the washer and dryer side of the room, and I'm pretty excited about it (and, okay, I'm sure you've realized by now that for the most part when I say "we" I mean![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rackham and whatever friends we manage to talk into giving us a hand -- because aside from some of the painting, my shoulders still aren't up to this kind of work). I've been taking plenty of pictures, and as we get a bit closer to being done, I'll probably see about posting a few!
Which is where it really starts to gain steam. We looked at the walls (not painted where the old cabinet used to be) and decided that while the cabinet was out, we may as well paint the room. And if we're going to be moving the washer and dryer anyway, and the cabinet was already out, why not replace that ratty old linoleum with tile? Oh! And we've always wanted a *window* in this room! (Seriously, it had a wall that just cried out "I should have a window!")
We'd originally planned on taking down the old wire-rack shelving and replacing it with some spiffy new wood shelving to match the one cabinet we'd already purchased... except that turned out to be WAY more expensive than we would have thought. And after checking with Home Depot again, we discovered we could get a roomful of cabinets for less than the shelving system we'd been looking at (and they're actually decent cabinets -- nothing fancy, but sturdy and nice-looking). Once again, the psychics at the Home Depot credit department, sensing the impending expansion of our project (or perhaps just annoyed that we'd already paid off the last batch of stuff), sent us *another* coupon. Their timing really is impeccable.
Then we decided we wanted to put in another countertop, in the area between the door and the washer. It was an odd size (18 inches by 6 feet), but we figured we'd just get another of the prefab countertops and wing it. Except in the intervening months, they'd quit carrying the color counter we'd previously purchased. *headdesk* We spent a Saturday morning touring all of the area Home Depots on the off-chance someone still had it in stock and started chatting with an employee at one of them who finally said "Have you considered just going with tile?" So, um, yeah... now we're doing tile countertops to match our floor.
After we picked out our tile, we realized that the old light blue-ish grey toilet, while still perfectly usable and in good condition, really wasn't going to work... so a week or so ago, we picked a new one up at CostCo (it was on special... and, even better, it was the style that we'd really wanted. The dual flush type, with a split button on top of the tank, like practically every toilet we saw when we were in Australia). And then we decided to bring the tile out into the little hallway in front of the laundry room. Not too much of a problem, considering everything else we have planned.
Long story slightly shorter, so far we've torn out the old cabinet/sink, put in a window, painted, put in a new light fixture, ripped out the old flooring, and replaced all the outlets and light switches with fancy new white ones (the old ones were that color optimistically referred to as "Ivory" but were really more of a dirty, dingy looking off-white, sort of like the old color of the walls). Honestly, even with just a bare concrete floor at this point, it *still* looks better than it used to!
Today we'll be putting up the upper cabinets on the washer and dryer side of the room, and I'm pretty excited about it (and, okay, I'm sure you've realized by now that for the most part when I say "we" I mean
rackham and whatever friends we manage to talk into giving us a hand -- because aside from some of the painting, my shoulders still aren't up to this kind of work). I've been taking plenty of pictures, and as we get a bit closer to being done, I'll probably see about posting a few!
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Date: 2008-03-22 06:33 pm (UTC)Shakatany
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Date: 2008-03-22 08:36 pm (UTC)Can't wait to see the pics!
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Date: 2008-03-23 10:30 am (UTC)It's appropriate, no?
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Date: 2008-03-23 02:09 pm (UTC)I want PICTURES!
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