Living room painting

The next room to get painted was the pink(!) living room. My mom first fixed up some small drywall issues with mud.


When I took the (oversized) return vent cover off I discovered a message from the previous owners.


And then painted it an off white. The color is Behr's Creme Brulee 370A-1.





The other wall was painted as well. The two side walls haven't been painted yet because we lacked a ladder. My mom also suggested painting it a slightly darker color, which I think would be a good idea.

Dining room painting

After removing the wall paper from the stair wall, there was a smaller amount in the dining area that also had to be removed.


And then the wall and ceiling needed to be painted.



I also replaced the (in my opinion) ugly switches with some modern Decora style ones.
Finished result:

Wall paper removal

Removing the dark wall paper from the wall right infront of the entrance was the next thing I wanted to do. In addition to being not very attractive, it also made the whole room a lot darker. My mom bought some scrapers and a spray bottle to wet it down and scrape it off, though some parts proved harder to get off than others.








Here's where it all went. . .





This last bit was out of my mom's reach.

But I could get it.

Tmobile 3g

One thing that's better about living in the northeast, better cell phone service, at least from t-mobile.

Master suite and guest toilet

Master Bedroom.


Master Bath, including a shower and a jetted tub.


This is the guest toilet, which is the only bathroom that was remodeled.

2nd Floor

Basement

More pictures of my condo, First Floor

Here are the pictures I took while doing the home inspection.

Dryer Outlet Installation

So the laundry room lacked a 220v outlet for the dryer and only had a gas hookup. As I spent a fair amount of money on my Bosch washer and dryer and didn't want to have to buy a new one, so my first project was to get a dryer outlet installed so I could wash and dry some clothes. This turned out to be slightly more complicated that I thought it would be.

The first problem was that it was an exterior wall, and that meant dealing with the fiberglass batt insulation. The second problem was that it was on the exact opposite wall from the breaker box, which meant I had to run about 75 feet of cable. Luckily I have a basement so this was too bad, but the cable alone came out to 125 dollars. I managed to get it all installed as you can see in the picture. The cable actually came up on the left wall and then went around the corner. This was the third problem, namely trying to get a 10awg 4 wire cable through 2 holes and around a 90 degree corner that I couldn't access. I ended up feeding a wire hanger through and using it as a pull to get the cable.

Then it was just a matter of buying some new drywall and installing it and my mom did the mud work. The back wall was done in 2 2x4 sections because a 4x4 section wouldn't fit in my trunk.


Here you can see the finished room after it was painted. The cables on the left are speaker cables the previous owner installed to wire the kitchen for audio.

New House

So I bought a house. It's actually a end unit condo. This a picture of the outside from the listing. There are a few things that I want/need to do to make it a bit more livable, and I'll write posts about those in the near future. First thing I had to do was install an outlet for an electric dryer as this unit came with a gas only connection.