I have been seriously indolent of late when it comes to my blog. So today’s entry will include 3 subjects that cover 2 streams of thought. Work continues at a steady pace on the home renovation. Christine, my ex-wife and I have come to terms with what we are going to do with the matrimonial property given the demise of our covenants. We have decided to torch the place and split the insurance money. Please don’t share this information with the authorities. Seriously though, she and her new friend will move into this home and I am going to move into the home she is presently renting.
Now if that sounds odd, it is. I never thought that or this would happen, but here we are and we all get along smashingly well.
In the pictures below you will note the various states of completion or incompletion, depending on your point of view.
That is, if you are looking from here or over there, or, over your shoulder, backwards. Almost all the tiling is done in the shower. There is just a bit more tiling in the built in shelf and around it. The red stuff is water proofing and is essential for a long lasting job. However, this type of water proofing was not used some 30-40 years ago in most bathrooms, like the original ones in this home, and they did not fall apart! I don’t know, sounds like another water proofing conspiracy to me. The refinished claw foot tub with complete chrome taps, shower wand, supply lines, etc. is beneath the flower patterned drape acting as an up-cycled drop cloth. I also thought I would post a picture of the professional, wet tile saw that I am using for this home improvement project. It is a Q EP, Mdl. No. 60010. Using a saw like this makes the difference between a good looking, stress free job, or, a tough, sloppy annoying work of stool!
Now if that sounds odd, it is. I never thought that or this would happen, but here we are and we all get along smashingly well.
In the pictures below you will note the various states of completion or incompletion, depending on your point of view.
That is, if you are looking from here or over there, or, over your shoulder, backwards. Almost all the tiling is done in the shower. There is just a bit more tiling in the built in shelf and around it. The red stuff is water proofing and is essential for a long lasting job. However, this type of water proofing was not used some 30-40 years ago in most bathrooms, like the original ones in this home, and they did not fall apart! I don’t know, sounds like another water proofing conspiracy to me. The refinished claw foot tub with complete chrome taps, shower wand, supply lines, etc. is beneath the flower patterned drape acting as an up-cycled drop cloth. I also thought I would post a picture of the professional, wet tile saw that I am using for this home improvement project. It is a Q EP, Mdl. No. 60010. Using a saw like this makes the difference between a good looking, stress free job, or, a tough, sloppy annoying work of stool!
I have built what it seems are miles of kitchen cabinets and counter tops. I do not enjoy building cabinets at all, in fact I hate it. It is boring, soul sucking, mind numbing and dangerously repetitive work. So, rather than subject my recently fragile mind to the horrors of building a small cabinet, or bathroom vanity, Christine bought one from Ikea that included the sink and counter top – thank you Chris. The Ikea cabinet in the pictures went together easily in typical well thought out and engineered Ikea fashion. Did you know that Ikea sets the world price for Pine lumber?
Finally, I reckoned that I was in need of a haircut. That being the case, I thought about it, and acted decisively. I did what any clear minded person would have done in the same trying circumstances, I got one. It was the typically boring affair. The same small talk - my barber asked "how's the wife, kids, life?" When I broke down he sensed that a raw nerve was hit and did ask any more questions (I actually didn't break down, that was a funny, but, somebody thought I was serious, ergo, the annotation) . I quickly regained my composure, paid the barber, plus a $2.00 gratuity and got out of there. As I was walked back to my car brushing the slivers of hair from my shirt and collar, not paying attention to what I was doing, I knocked my one year old LG Nexus 4 Google phone from my shirt pocket. It fell to the concrete sidewalk and the touch screen broke satisfyingly well. I have been feeling new phone lust of late, so now I had a reason to act upon it. That is what the phone pictures are below, my old Nexus 4 with a smashed face. The out of pocket cost was not too bad, $75 and another $50 extra on the next two bills. Not bad for a $500 phone, I think. I will replace the touch screen on the Nexus 4 and sell it for $100.