Adventures in Remodeling

 I picked this up on Ebay the other day  I think it will work well with the ideas I have.  I want to make this a whimsical place to be. I have ideas for outside, silly statues, a flamingo here and there; and want to bring it inside as well.  This little lamp is a good place to start.

 So, as a follow up to the potentially disastrous key debacle,  I decided on a way to store said keys so that it would be nigh onto impossible for me to lose them. Again. I stopped by Walmart to pick up a few things; so this is what I did. As they were given to me: Since the envelopes were sealed <all except for the kitchen door envelope; those are on my keychain already> I did this: Once I had them with tags, I did this! And the finale is this: And the key for the box is on my keychain.

The prior owner of my new place, hereafter known as Mr. B, gave me an envelope that was chock full of keys the day we closed on the property. I remembered putting the envelope in my bag when I went out that next weekend. Fast forward a few days, and I can't find that envelope. And it's got keys for the shed locks, for the oil tank, for the riding mowers; so I really need the envelope.   I need to check the oil level in the tank so I can call the oil company to come fill it; I need to be able to unlock the mowers so I can get in one last grass cut; and on and on.   I've been out a few times since the big day, but since I lost the envelope full of keys I have found it incredibly hard to get the motivation to actually make some of the changes I want to make.   I looked in the cabin. I looked on my desk at home. I looked in the truck. I looked in my bag in the truck. No keys; all the meanwhile getting more and more depressed and less and less motivated to actual...

I realized when I stepped inside for the first time that the old, original carpeting has to go.  That stuff is nasty. Mr. B showed me where he had pulled up one of the floor vent covers and was able to push the underlayment around. It's completely shot. Since I also want to paint the paneling rather than go through the hassle of replacing it all, I'll paint first. If I get paint on that carpet I will not care. The carpet in the schoolhouse side also needs to be removed.  It appears to have been glued along the edges, but not installed with carpet tacks. The thought for now is to use LVP throughout. It should go over the old linoleum and peel and stick that Mr. B put in the kitchen. https://www.lumberliquidators.com/ll/c/Rail-Tie-Oak-Luxury-Vinyl-Plank-Flooring-Tranquility-XD-LVP4RTO/10045386 I really like this flooring, at least from what I can see online.  There is a lumber liquidators store near the cabin.  Stopping in to see it in person is on the list. I suspect ...

 I was able to copy off the original pictures from the listing before it was taken down Front porch looking at two of the three sheds Front porch Kitchen / living - soon to become all kitchen bathroom storage area, will become pantry in schoolhouse addtion schoolhouse room schoolhouse room wellhouse

Anyone who knows me knows that I've been looking at and for property for almost 10 years. The only real criteria that I had is that it be usable for livestock (my horses). I wasn't nearly as concerned as where my own bed would be. I was on vacation in Tennessee when I found the ad for the cabin. I contacted two or three realtors; none of whom got back to me; then I finally contacted the listing agent.   He replied to my email within a day.  Almost as soon as I got back to town I was right back out again to drive an hour away to look at the property. Mr. and Mrs. B were there. Mr. B took me on a tour of the property, explaining many things to me as we walked around. I fell in love with it.  There was enough land that I could clear acreage for the horses; plenty of living space where I could stretch out and finally go back to some of the hobbies I used to enjoy; and plenty of solitude, which is something I have been craving my entire life. You know how you're not suppo...

 A little girl bought a house. Well, not so little. Girl, or house. True story! I bought a piece of property last month that has a wonderful little mobile home on it, with a full-length addition.  The addition had been used as a school house for the county; somehow the previous owner (hereafter known as Mr. B) purchased and added it to the mobile.  It just about tripled the living space. The mobile portion was built in 1972 or thereabouts.  A tiny kitchen / living room, two bedrooms and a bathroom.   This blog will be a record of my adventures in remodeling. I hope. The exterior.  View from the porch.  I love this porch. I'm considering replacing the roof material with a real roof and screening it in, but I love the openness of it. The kitchen. The plan here is to remove the carpet throughout the entire mobile portion.  If the subfloor is in decent condition, I'll paint it for now; a new vinyl LVP will go down later. Little bit wider view; yo...