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hrjBack in March, I posted a list of house-related projects in two "cascades" plus some non-dependent projects. Let's see how far I've gotten:
Cascade #1 -- the Living Room
- Move entire contents of living room into spare bedroom (once it's again spare), except for couch and love seat which go to the dump.
- Rip up carpeting and remove warped subflooring. Possibly also remove existing tile which gets tricky because of the woodburning stove.
- Possibly replace sliding glass door with one that is properly installed and more secure.
- Replace warped subflooring. Either extend existing tiled area or re-tile covering larger area. (It's occurred to me that I'm unlikely to be able to match the tile, and it might work better just to redo the entire thing.) Install wood flooring (probably the veneer type, since people have been warning me off the plastic-finish laminate type).
- Possibly, in the middle of the above, repaint the living room, since if I'm going to do it any time in the near future, it would be easiest when the floor is bare.
- Install the wall full of cabinets that will be the entertainment/sewing center. Move contents into them (out of the spare bedroom).
- Install a wall full of bookcases. (This is a pre-requisite for part of Cascade #2.) Move the textile and costume books downstairs, plus certain other categories.
- Purchase a sofa-bed andredeem my recliner coupon. Also acquire a work table that folds down out of the way (I have my eye on a particular model). Arrange living room.
- Figure out what I want to do long-term about a computer workstation.
Cascade #2 -- The Office
- Resurface roof.
- Repair ceiling leak areas (including some in other apartment).
- (optional) Install ceiling fan/light fixture above stairwell.
- Move desk out of corner (intended location not yet determined).
- Move drafting table and art supplies cabinet out of kitchen nook and into office corner. Also remove cookbooks and book shelves from kitchen nook and reserve for later.
- Carefully saw off approx. ½ inch from bottom of two of the stacking tool cabinets. Move cabinets into kitchen nook and stack.
- Move filing cabinets out of office. (intended location not yet determined but will also involve triage on contents)
- Move approximately half the books from the office down into the new bookcases in the living room. Rearrange books. Triage books. Remove freestanding bookshelves from office (destination unknown) and remove wall-mounted bookshelves leaving only the whole-wall built-in set of shelves.
- Buy dining room table, chairs, and display dresser. Office now becomes dining room. Move nice china, etc. etc. into display dresser.
Unrelated projects
- Fix wall behind stove in downstairs apartment. (Tile?) Install vent hood.
- Paint downstairs apartment.
- Fix small broken tile in upstairs apartment (very minor project).
- Survey exterior for repairs and fix. Re-paint exterior.
- Finish installing concrete blocks in driveway tire-paths.
- Install exterior floodlights with motion sensor.
Today, I completed all my holiday shopping (except for food things, which can't be done this far in advance). To top it off, with the help of an extremely kind and polite counter person at the Apple store I identified the remaining issue behind my wireless problems. (Believe it or not, I was plugging the line from the DSL modem into the wrong hole -- whoda thunk you don't plug an ethernet cable into an ethernet hole? Now, I will swear that at some point when the problems were starting, there were issues with the DSL line itself, because it would work then not work without me touching or changing anything. But at some point in the troubleshooting process, I lost track of where the line from the DSL modem was supposed to plug in. So after the provider issues disappeared, I was left with this lingering peculiarity that I just didn't have the energy to pursue as long as I could still get online by direct connection.) And I just finished the airflow test of the woodstove (using a crumpled up paper back. Having verified that it draws properly and that the flue doesn't have any leaks, I now have an actual fire going. Very cozy.
Cascade #1 -- the Living Room
- Possibly replace sliding glass door with one that is properly installed and more secure.
- Replace warped subflooring. Either extend existing tiled area or re-tile covering larger area. (It's occurred to me that I'm unlikely to be able to match the tile, and it might work better just to redo the entire thing.) Install wood flooring (probably the veneer type, since people have been warning me off the plastic-finish laminate type).
- Possibly, in the middle of the above, repaint the living room, since if I'm going to do it any time in the near future, it would be easiest when the floor is bare.
- Install the wall full of cabinets that will be the entertainment/sewing center. Move contents into them (out of the spare bedroom).
- Install a wall full of bookcases. (This is a pre-requisite for part of Cascade #2.) Move the textile and costume books downstairs, plus certain other categories.
- Purchase a sofa-bed and
- Figure out what I want to do long-term about a computer workstation.
Cascade #2 -- The Office
- Repair ceiling leak areas (including some in other apartment).
- (optional) Install ceiling fan/light fixture above stairwell.
- Move drafting table and art supplies cabinet out of kitchen nook and into office corner. Also remove cookbooks and book shelves from kitchen nook and reserve for later.
- Carefully saw off approx. ½ inch from bottom of two of the stacking tool cabinets. Move cabinets into kitchen nook and stack.
- Move filing cabinets out of office. (intended location not yet determined but will also involve triage on contents)
- Move approximately half the books from the office down into the new bookcases in the living room. Rearrange books. Triage books. Remove freestanding bookshelves from office (destination unknown) and remove wall-mounted bookshelves leaving only the whole-wall built-in set of shelves.
Unrelated projects
- Fix wall behind stove in downstairs apartment. (Tile?) Install vent hood.
- Paint downstairs apartment.
- Fix small broken tile in upstairs apartment (very minor project).
- Survey exterior for repairs and fix. Re-paint exterior.
- Finish installing concrete blocks in driveway tire-paths.
- Install exterior floodlights with motion sensor.
Today, I completed all my holiday shopping (except for food things, which can't be done this far in advance). To top it off, with the help of an extremely kind and polite counter person at the Apple store I identified the remaining issue behind my wireless problems. (Believe it or not, I was plugging the line from the DSL modem into the wrong hole -- whoda thunk you don't plug an ethernet cable into an ethernet hole? Now, I will swear that at some point when the problems were starting, there were issues with the DSL line itself, because it would work then not work without me touching or changing anything. But at some point in the troubleshooting process, I lost track of where the line from the DSL modem was supposed to plug in. So after the provider issues disappeared, I was left with this lingering peculiarity that I just didn't have the energy to pursue as long as I could still get online by direct connection.) And I just finished the airflow test of the woodstove (using a crumpled up paper back. Having verified that it draws properly and that the flue doesn't have any leaks, I now have an actual fire going. Very cozy.
