more floor

this morning i put the sink in the cabinet and trimmed the counter so the drawer fit in again. the counter that was on before didn't have a lip and this one does to it just needed a little trim down.

the boys and i went over to the bus this afternoon and put some more floor boards down. we are going to go over again after the library and hopefully finish up.
the bumps don't need flooring because they are both going to be covered.

cabinet

my original plan for the cabinet was to paint it purple and have the counter top and doors natural.

so i sanded like crazy to get all the old paint off. the big hole is going to be where the sink will sit.

the back of them got painted purple.

i rubbed the fronts/counter top with walnut oil. apparently, it's the best stuff to use.

i think it looked really nice... until i screwed the doors back on. whoever built the thing put the center door on sideways so the grain went horizontal. oi.

we guerrilla glued the top on

and painted the front turquoise. all the purple got a coat of poly. the turquoise got 2 coats. the counter top is staying just walnut oiled.

they played in the dirt while i painted :)

moooovies

i found some disk folders at dollar general for $5. super cheap. i bought all of them. i'll have to go get more though.

i still have a bunch to go but most of the movies are in the folders.

diy james washer

james washers are expensive. like, crazy expensive.

so we're building one.i traced a circle with a wash tub onto a ceiling panel and steven cut it out (with the boys help).

then he cut it down the middle.

to make 2 half circles. these are going to be the sides.


we measure and cut a flat piece from a ceiling panel. then we bend the sides that had rivet holes up and clipped in between the holes so it would curve.

we're going to work on it some more tomorrow afternoon :D

brown paper bag floor

we were thinking about buying a planer and shooting reclaimed pallets through it for the floor.

but then!

i found this tute for brown paper bag flooring. i love it!

steven thought we should do a tester before we do the actual floor. i did an old table we have on the deck. yesterday i did the paper and today i did the first coat of poly.

here's what i learned:
1.) 2'x4' uses 3 bags
2.) don't put the glue on the surface first, put it on the paper.
3.) use bigger pieces of paper. small pieces take forever.
4.) when tearing the paper, hold the words facing you and tear toward yourself. the color doesn't show when you do it this way.

before paper

after paper

close up of not tearing the paper correctly.

after the first coat of poly

bump in the paper where i didn't glue correctly.

noah's first haircut

steven got the driver's seat out with the grinder on sunday. he also ground off the rest of the conduit. i got off 4 of them with the pry bar. i wish i would have thought to use the grinder earlier!

side project: i made myself some safety goggles. i used this tute and some lenses from an old pair of glasses. steven wasn't nearly as excited about them as i am.

oh, and noah got his first haircut.