Flooring, Painting, and Plumbing

Yesterday was spent painting the half bath. The vanity and fixtures in that bathroom are already installed. The only thing we have to do in there now is put in the toilet. I helped the husband do a little work in the main bath afterwards. He was making a brace for the tub fixtures.

Today I put the 4th coat of polyurethane on the living room floor. I started around 3:00 in the afternoon and finished around 8:00 this evening. Tomorrow we are going to lowes to get a lot of stuff we need to complete the plumbing in kitchen and bathrooms. Pictures soon.

Living room floor

I'm going to try to do all rooms in the brown bag technique. Here are the reasons I prefer doing my rooms with the bagged method:
1. Inexpensive- A room this size (375 sq feet) will cost no more than $50.00. Of course it takes a lot of hard work and doesn't go fast, but it's worth it.
2. It looks wonderful! I plan on using some area rugs in this home and most designs will go with this type of flooring. This photo was taken in the middle of applying polyurethane.

Plumbing in half bath

Tonight we had planned on installing the vanity which goes in the half bath but we couldn't finish it. The husband has to make a brace because the sink wouldn't go flush against the wall. So a little kink in our plans for now.

Plumbing in master bathroom

Cut a hole through the wall directly to the left of the vanity for water line. That is our laundry room and we will have a door dividing the two rooms. I will take pictures of the laundry room later. We also put the sink fixtures in tonight. I chose a dark color of paint for this room. Alameda Shade is the name and it is a cross between brown and plum. I really like it. I'm not sure when I will finish the paint job in this room because I have to finish the living room floor first. Hubby just pulled me off that job to paint behind this vanity.

I've been busy cleaning the living room floor

What is the best way I've found to clean these concrete floors of the mud and muck of construction? By hand. I use a heavy duty sponge and mopbucket. When I finish scrubbing, I go over the area with a mop 2 times. There's always a thin glaze of mud that is left behind after scrubbing by hand and that's why I have to go over the floor twice with the mop and very clean water. I am hoping to finish this chore by tomorrow.

Vent in half bath/more floor photos

Last night we put the vent pipe in the half-bath but didn't get finished. Still have to cut through the roof.

I decided to take few pictures of our son's bedroom floor. It really looks pretty good and I am learning more on this technique as I go along.

Mudding above shower

Even with all we've done, there are a few more places that need more mud before texturing. Tonight we finished the mudding above the shower in our master bath. I think we are now all done with this room but still have a little more to do in the laundry room.

What's been going on?

I know it's been a while since I've updated the blog. We've been busy with other things but thought I'd take time today to update. What have I been doing? Painting the living room. I decided to use the same color as I have for the kitchen which is antique lace. It is an off-white and has a very slight hint of pale yellow.

The 2 rooms are open to one another with only the bar and the arched entryway to the kitchen separating them so it was hard for me to decided whether to go with both rooms the same color or different ones. I think it looks pretty good. When I'm done with this room I'll be sure to post some pics.
Recently we got the electric going in our new home. I can run the air conditioner now while I do the floors and finish the painting without burning up :)

The brown bagged floors look great! I have to put 2 more coats of polyurethane on son's floor and then I'm done with that. Since I've took on this project, there are a few people I know who have told me they've done a bathroom, bedroom, or wall with the bagged technique. They all have told me they loved it and it turned out well for them.