Home Improvement Photos

I finally moved my photos of the home improvement work to my computer. I thought I had more detailed pictures, but this will have to do. I will post the finished product when complete...whenever that may be. We have been working on two houses. On my friend Mike's house, we removed the "popcorn" finish from the ceiling, re-textured the ceiling, painted, removed tile/carpet and will lay new tile and laminate floor. My house, we removed the remainder of the "popcorn" finish ( I did the majority of it 1.5 yrs ago), re-textured the ceiling, and painted. We decided to do both of our houses at the same time so we could share the cost and hassle of the renting scaffolding. As hard as this has been, it is very rewarding and a great learning experience.

My new ceiling fan (new paint too)

Jonathan on the 5' scaffold painting my previously ugly dark brown beam "umber cloud"


Mike using my new air compressor and air chisel to remove tile.


My old ugly chandelier doing what it was always meant for...sitting in the trash holding empty bottles of booze!

Me texturing Mike's ceiling on the 10' scaffolding.

My new air compressor on Mike's carpetless floor and newly textured ceiling (and new paint/ceiling fan)...isn't she lovely? I bought her at Costco, so much fun!

What a lucky kitty...I caught my cat Tatt's snoozing in the sun while we were all hard at work inside.

Tomorrow I will be doing paint touch-ups, painting the hallway at my house, look for a new chandelier for my dining room and laminate flooring over at Mike's. Fun stuff...