DIY Post

[neadods]

There's been a long pause in the DIY/house renovation posts, mostly because I stopped working on it, except for finding (at last count) about 4 ways I can't do the bathroom detail work.

Turns out I suck at making stencils. Also, that neither housepaint nor acrylic paint is particularly good for fine-line covering work.

So, reboot. The new design for the bathroom drawers is this, turned on its side and evened up. At the same time I do that, I want to buy a mirror with a white frame - I've seen it in Target - and paint the frame to match. I'm probably going to use the same framework throughout the house in place of the more convoluted art I wanted - it's simple to mask out with tape

As for decorative decal work and phrases, I'm heading to Wallwords. Not cheap, but it'll be *right.*

Speaking of not cheap, I have contractor estimates for the floors and the painting. The floors aren't happening anytime soon; the painting isn't happening at all, at least not with that contractor. (There's still one local guy to call.) I'm not paying someone else $600 for what I can do for $60.

The year of "taking off" to deal with the house will be officially over in two weeks. The actual work on the house... is going to take at least another year. Feh.

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[redpanda13.livejournal.com]

To estimate how long it will take to do a task, estimate how long you think it should take, double it, and switch to the next higher unit. Therefore we allot two days for a one-hour job, four weeks for a two-day job, etc.

Seriously, you're getting it done, just not as fast as you hoped-- as with pretty much everything in life. Well, my life, anyway.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I had a plan! It was working! *shakes fist at fate*

So now I'm rounding everything up to "one more year." But this time *not* a year without conventions.