Weekend 4

At this point (almost a month in) we figured we’d be hosting BBQs and drinking lemonade on the porch. Not so much. But, rejuvenated by a few days off, we were dead set on making major headway this, the forth weekend of our Leo.

Friday night and into Saturday, Marc continued to work in the attic and I demo-ed the terrible second layer of thin plywood-textured crap that covered every wall of the kitchen. Taking it back to the sheetrock beneath so that we’d have a consistent new texture on the walls and ceiling.

While working in the kitchen I found a spot of old mold; and fueled by only peanut butter out of the jar I MAY HAVE gotten a little carried away – er, totally freaked out – and bashed the wall in eager to save myself and my family from the evil black spots that were surely lurking behind the walls.

So there was definitely some old mold, but, nothing recent and no moisture = no leaks = nothing causing current mold.
MESS.
OOPS! (Marc will fix that.)
And while Marc helped me tear out one of the cabinets where we are going to put the stove hood. More mess.

I also demo-ed the entry closet! It took me three weeks to convince Marc to let me do it. He was reluctant because we didn’t want to start any new, unnecessary projects… But, since we have a sheetrock crew coming the next week to install a layer over the way-old-fashion pop corn ceiling (the kind that you can’t scrape) and to mud and tape the old and new sheetrock, he relented and let me start the entry mudroom we’re going to build (check my inspiration here.) And see the before & after here:

All the while we were working inside, Harrison is starting to get the lay of the land – his new land and the hang of this new house. He spent much of the day wither outside with a closet dowel working on his ninja skills or reading in his room… in private than you very much.

Finally Saturday night… the stupid pantry FINALLY got taken out.

Our friends Face and AJ came over to help/celebrate (beer and cheap champagne!) with us. This was a momentous occasion after all.

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