A couple more projects brought to you by the Stellar B Team. :) Here's what the back entry looks like when the kids are at school. Lots of hooks and lots of shoe shelving! This project, along with the pantry, were far above and beyond what we were thinking was going to happen over the two days. Dave had offered to do some tiling. Trichelle wanted to have something to do as well. So, I mentioned I was stuck for ideas to finish off the back entry and she went to town. Literally :) She came up with a plan and then helped motivate Steve and Dave to think big. Big as in a couple more projects on top of the tiling :) Let me tell you, I love that girl for that!! :) We actually had most of the shelving and all the hooks and trim needed so our trip to town wasn't that scary. (The pantry also came about because of her encouragement!)
And quite a bit more full once everyone's coats and book bags are hanging up :) Thankful for the space to hang it all, seeing as until Dave and Trichelle showed up it was all either hanging over the railing or stacked on the shelf that was used to help form the pantry. I do have some great pictures of them working but that brings up that computer again.... :(
Dave's big project and the one that started all this development was the tiling of the bathtub. My pictures do not do justice to this lovely space. We picked the tile by going to Home Depot, hemming and hawing, attracting the attention of a kind, eager Home Depot employee. Once we had finally made up our minds she suddenly left and reappeared with the tiles you see hanging here. She mentioned how our paint color had brought this clearance tile to mind. When she told us she would reduce the clearance price of $1.16/sq. ft. by half it was a done deal. $0.58 compared to $3.08? Well, no comparison!!
The color itself changed a lot when Dave first started hanging it but it was for the better not the worse! Now we have a classy looking bath that still needs to be caulked - much to Dave's chagrin :) Famous last words... I thought about getting to it today but something else came up.
No diy project is complete without a few hiccups. This one had a couple. A wave or dent or something in the wall left Dave dodging a rebel tile intent on denting in his head. Thankfully it was a bottom row one and not from the top! The top row was sketchy enough seeing as the adhesive distribution was slightly heavier on the bottom two thirds than top third. Home Depot closed earlier than expected and so Dave's "make do with one"(bucket of adhesive) mantra left him a little nervous finishing up! Thankfully we slept through the night without hearing any tiles sliding out of place... aka crashing into the tub.
The tub itself was a craigslist purchase so poor Dave was a little surprised the next day to find a great big chip of porcelain missing when he cleaned the grout (and actually still drywall mud) out of the tub. The friendly gent who was so happy to clear the tub out of his garage somehow forgot to mention he had patched over a few dings with porcelain paint. Thankfully, hopefully it will be easy to do the same thing and have it good as new with a bit more paint.
So thankful for everything they helped us do over those two afternoon/evenings! Huge impact projects that would have been pushed off if not for Dave and Trichelle's company, encouragement and sets of hands.
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