Home Improvement/DIY Projects

[Sheik]

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This is my ceiling texture and I fucking hate it.

I finally decided to re-do the living room completely. I’m almost done skim coating that shitty textured ceiling.

I blew out two walls in the living area to open things up. There’s only 3 walls now so I decided to level 5 all the walls and ceilings. I ended up doing a shiplap accent wall.

I’ll be doing the flooring next week after all the paint is done.

The only thing I hate about the living room now is the massive brick fireplace wall. I joined a fireplace forum to ask if I could cover the brick with something and the few that answered said to leave it or take it out. It stays for now.

I’ll throw some pics up when I finish.

Also, I know you weekend warriors are doing shit to your homes. Post pics and shit. Fags.

 

[Sheik]

Oh yeah, unless you’ve done level 5 smooth skimming, I’ll warn you. It’s FUCKED. I’ve watched countless videos even before I started it. Every time I think I’m done with an area, light or shadow hits a spot and reveals a ridge or dip in the ceiling. I’m sure my ceiling weighs almost as much as the concrete slab foundation now from all the mud I’ve applied.

It’s getting there though.

 

[Rev]

Also, I know you weekend warriors are doing shit to your homes. Post pics and shit. Fags.

I finished my living room wall this past weekend.

 

[Sheik]

I finished my living room wall this past weekend.

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You married a saint.

BTW, Joe Exotic’s twitter account followed me the other day.

 

[mcnuttz]

I'm not nearly as ambitious to start home remodeling projects as I used to be, but can't afford to pay someone else to do it either.

It's time to start building a bathroom. As soon as summer's over I'll get right on it.

Oh look, football started!

 

[Sheik]

I'm not nearly as ambitious to start home remodeling projects as I used to be, but can't afford to pay someone else to do it either.

It's time to start building a bathroom. As soon as summer's over I'll get right on it.

Oh look, football started!

We want to add a bathroom. I’m not looking forward to it, though. There are times I wish this home was on a raised foundation for stuff like that.


I also want to put a urinal in my backyard just because.

 

[Cotton]

I also want to put a urinal in my backyard just because.

We did this in my neighbor's "mancave". Built on and added a urinal and cesspool. I want to put one in my barn, but just haven't done it yet.

 

[Sheik]

I think I mentioned this home we bought was built in 1970 and never remodeled since. It’s exactly what we were looking for, downsizing and getting into something we could reshape and improve the property value by 2-3 times when all is said and done.

I feel like almost a year in that I’ve wasted so much time traveling and putting the house on the back burner and just living with it as is.

I’m finally done with living room/dinning room area. I’ve knocked down walls, relocated a doorway, ran new electrical/plugs/switches/LED lighting, floated the god awful ceiling and wall textures flat, installed a shiplap accent wall, added a decent sized pantry to the kitchen, and new flooring in just the living/dining room area. Also completely remodeled the garage conversion to a bedroom that someone did half asses 40 years ago, added a closet and new drywall/electrical/lighting(still have to do flooring in that room.

The original appraisal was just north of $110k last September. Just had it appraised last week and it came back $189k, for sure some of that is just property values increasing organically.

Not factoring in my labor, we’ve only spent $8k give or take a few hundred dollars. Pretty cool.

I’ll throw some pictures up when we get everything set up. Have to get new furniture and shit like that over the coming weeks. It’s pretty rewarding when you can sit back and look at before and after photos.

Still have two bathrooms a kitchen and 3 other bedrooms to remodel. FML.

 

[mcnuttz]

Still have two bathrooms a kitchen and 3 other bedrooms to remodel. FML.

I look forward to seeing your progress.

We've lived in our home nearly 20 years, and while we've done a great deal of work on this 100 year old home, we still have three bathrooms, bedrooms, and a kitchen to go.

 

[Sheik]

I look forward to seeing your progress.

We've lived in our home nearly 20 years, and while we've done a great deal of work on this 100 year old home, we still have three bathrooms, bedrooms, and a kitchen to go.

Damn, 100 years old? That one would be fun to dig into I bet. If someone whit any skill at all built it, it’s built better than anything you could pay for today.

 

[mcnuttz]

Damn, 100 years old? That one would be fun to dig into I bet. If someone whit any skill at all built it, it’s built better than anything you could pay for today.

The previous homeowner remodeled it himself in the early 80s.

Apparently he didn't own a square or level.

 

[Sheik]

The previous homeowner remodeled it himself in the early 80s.

Apparently he didn't own a square or level.

 

[bbgun]

Do people still bag their grass clippings after mowing? Seems like a hassle.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

Do people still bag their grass clippings after mowing? Seems like a hassle.

I do. Got a problem wid it?

 

[bbgun]

I do. Got a problem wid it?

Not at all. I admire your tenacity.

 

[mcnuttz]

I, too, bag my grass.

Way I was raised.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Do people still bag their grass clippings after mowing? Seems like a hassle.

Like with a bagger on the lawnmower?

Hand rake, fuck no.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I leave the clippings on the ground, bb. It's way better for the soil. But you have to mow often enough that you aren't leaving the huge clumps.

That's probably an issue for people who actually get rain sometimes.

 

[Cotton]

That's probably an issue for people who actually get rain sometimes.

No shit.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

I leave the clippings on the ground, bb. It's way better for the soil. But you have to mow often enough that you aren't leaving the huge clumps.

That's probably an issue for people who actually get rain sometimes.

I probably mow once a week. Not really enough but life and rain happens.