Casa de las Ratas Week 64
up to April 19, 2003
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Hey yo,
We have completed all the decorative painting of the Rat House. The color wash looks BOSS. |
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Here is the detail of the alcoves. Because we did not texture the alcoves and instead sanded them smooth, Manny used a plastic grocery bag to smoosh in the paint to simulate the texture. It blends well. |
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It is such a great look.
The pint of one dollar scrap paint was enough for the whole house. (Blended with glaze.)
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We'll do the crown moulding and baseboard in here next week.
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The Flamin' Hot Cheetos room was further calmed down with two hits of
brown color wash.
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Because I did not score the blue tape when I removed the
tape around the tile last week, when I pulled it off I peeled off some of
the yellow paint.
So today I re-taped the tiles for protection and applied some drywall mud to smooth it out again. I will sand this out and touch up this section.
Also, the two boards sitting in the wall cut out are part of the medicine cabinet I am building.
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I cut the oak pieces for both bathrooms' medicine cabinets
on my table saw.
Here I am putting some blue tape on the 1/4" drill bit in order to set a maximum depth for the shelf bracket holes as to not drill through the 3/4" thick side pieces. My medicine cabinets are going to have adjustable shelves. This is the same DeWalt drill that broke my finger in September 2002. I have great respect for this drill.
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Ricky and I cut the medicine cabinet backing pieces of oak
plywood. Here is Ricky staining them.
One cabinet is about 16" x 20". The other one is 26" x 26". I'll probably do two doors for the big one in the 1st bathroom. More later as we finish it.
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Here is Paco staining some of the 1 x 4's which in conjunction with some
3/4" L moulding will become the window trim in the dining room.
We are using a Minwax combo stain/polyurethane. Antique Walnut color.
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Here again is some detail of the brown color wash in the
front entryway. You can see Manny and Martin working on the hallway crown
moulding.
DeWalt chop saw and Porter-Cable finishing nail gun are seeing some action in this operation.
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Another view with flash photography.
The stained and polyurethaned crown moulding is up in the hall.
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Go back to week 1 at Casa de las Ratas
Week 2: more cleanup and roof replacement.
Week 3: the big dumpster
comes and the hot mop boys will show up.
Week 4: fixing the valleys, new kitchen subfloor
Week 5: prepping the roof, framing in the kitchen, ripping out more floors...
Week 6: Replacing a ridge board, new tiles on the roof, more paint, why not?...
Week 7: Let's get the roof finished! And destroy more stuff inside!
Week 12: Kill that old rear bathroom, level the yard, cast some concrete.
Week 13: More electrical work, HVAC installation finished, get ready for drywall.
Week 19: More painting to brighten up the Rat House. More window prep.
Week 22: Big Inspection goes well, stucco scratch coats, wiring beauty shots
Week 23: Is that The Rat House or Circus Vargas? Termite Tenting! Nuke 'em all. Insulation begins.
Week 24: Itch Itch Scratch Scratch Insulation
Week 32: Drywall and yet even more drywall.
Everything up to week 52: Bath and Floor Tile installation.
Week 62: Windows Reinstalled. I hope you are not afraid of COLOR!
Coming up next week at Casa de las Ratas
Week 66: Tons of cool details to show off. Moulding, AC Grilles, Floor Tile, Medicine cabinet...
Week 76: Copper Gutters! Too cool. Exotic lights start arriving.
3/3/2005: Outside lights and wood floors installed!
6/29/2005: Kitchen Cabinets installation!