But first let's recap the latest indoor projects. One thing we have learned in nearly a year of renovations is that every job has its proper tool. A psychological hurdle is to accept this instead of fighting it because it makes your life much easier when you're not force-fitting a square peg tool into a round hole. For example, to stain all the grout in nearly 600 square feet of floor...
You need an applicator with a small head. If it comes in a fun package that reminds of the stories of our childhood then that's a bonus. Somehow we doubt that this meets ADA recommendations.
To cut all the baseboard and trim in the same area...
You need a miter saw. Of course there are manual ones (we've been making do with one for years), but with so much precision cutting to do and more to come we invested in a power version. With a nice 80-tooth blade the cuts are incredibly smooth and splinter free.
Upstairs, the curtains in the studio are hemmed and looking great. We moved the brackets for the curtain rod further out to give more space to the curtains and allow us to appreciate them more fully. Martha Stewart and Ethan Allen have nothing on these.
As for the outside one job has begot several more. We continued to improve the drainage beneath the deck by digging out a channel and putting in a tube to collect water (which will be funneled toward it) and send it out past the house. Once we have a new channel dug in the concrete patio the water's path will be well clear of the house and foundation.
The channel will follow this tape line.
After tamping the ground beneath the deck back into place, we took part of our 2 cubic yards of river wash rock to make the area look nice.
With a few rocks left over we started to clear almost a foot of mulch away from the front of the house. Once we get some fill dirt and repair the grading we'll cover the area with the same stones.
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