Oh whoa is the floor. Dramatic, surely?… I say….barely. Herein lies the problem: Lauren wants a bamboo floor. I am stubborn and so is the house. We spent a lot of time staring at a floor postulating potential quick fix solutions, all leading to a lot of work and potentially a failed state of a floor. It turns out a smooth floor does not mean a level floor and a level floor does not mean there aren’t waves. We have a deceptively smooth, un-level and wavy floor. The best kind….. for carpet. Fifteen people have told me to carpet it. I reaaallly don’t want to do this. I do not think carpet is a good solution for longevity with short term renting and I’m just not ready to concede.
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One skip and a hop away from floors! We have slowed down a bit, enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday, took some time to realize how lucky we are. Deep breath. Okay let’s go. We painted a lot of pipes (it seems like they never end, so many pipes) finished up trim in the bathroom, added decorative trim on the shelving in the back room, finally fully assembled the floating shelves, dry-walled the stairwell, patched some other areas, scraped off the ancient vinyl daises off a window in the front (thank god for the heat gun), added pavers in the back yard to make a walkway, and painted the stairs going up. The good new is, I think we are done with big paint items! No more paint flecks on my glasses and false alarm white hairs. We gave the basement a good once over and got all of the tools organized and off the floor, getting it all prepped to lay down some bamboo. I also went through tax code for airbnb with my sis Alyss (conveniently an accountant) and she helped clarify the situation. I will try to post a summary on those as well (I’m sure you are all on the edge of your seat)
Euclid Street Airbnb Week 7: A Working Bathroom!
Okay! Week 7, we are starting to get into the details and this week we really wanted to get the bathroom all put back together. Its official, we have a working toilet, shower, and sink! We are in the middle of casing/trimming the doorway and we do not have a mirror yet, but it actually feels like a bathroom. I got the handles and the sink put into the kitchen as well, but I am going to hold out on showing you all until my kitchen sink faucet comes in.
Euclid Street Airbnb Week 6
Everything is coming together. We had more fun with tile along with some other odds and ends.
Here is what we did this week:
- Grouting the kitchen wall
- Painted the cabinet
- First floating shelf was mocked up
- Wall grout in bathroom
- Bathroom floor tile and grout
- Caulking the tile joint in the bathroom
- Painted another door
- Added a light going into the basement
- Framed out around the top of the stairs, ready for wall board
Euclid Street Airbnb Week 5: Kitchen Tile and Lots of White Paint
Week 5, it should be the end. We would love it to be the end. Unfortunately, you cannot will the kitchen tile onto the walls. So! Nose to the grind stone and keep it going. We are pretty close to being done with tile. Just the bathroom floor to finish! Lots of white paint made its way to as many surfaces as we could manage. The basement factor makes this extra tricky, lots of pipes, nooks, funky edges and surfaces.
We had some unexpected bumps: rain on our concrete steps out back at the last hour and a cracked glass pane in the wine cellar door. But you just have to roll with the punches.
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