Guest Bathroom Ceiling
The heavy popcorn ceiling in the guest bathroom had been painted over - heavily - with water-resistant paint. Probably Kilz, or something like it. The obnoxious concrete-like granules tore at my knuckles and refused to be scraped loose.
So, a few YouTube videos later, I decided to try my hand at coating over the popcorn with drywall compound. I was feeling pretty okay about my initial attempts. (See the smooth-ish area over the window?) Then life got in the way… and this is how it has looked ever since.
Then Rosemary showed me her beautiful newly popcorn-free ceiling. Knowing I could stare at this eyesore for a few more years, or throw a few hundred bucks at the problem and have it done in a couple days… done.
First coat… um… WAY better than my sorry attempt:
Coated, sanded, painted. Popcorn BE GONE!
18 Bags of Poop
A big steaming load for my new flower garden.
Well, manure. I loaded up the front garden with dark black yummy compost soil, rather than more mulch. It already has too much wood debris from the stump grinding... I figured this would be better for the plants. Now I should probably Preen the crap out of it.
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Hall Tree
Hiding the bedroom AC was a combination of resourceful shopping and easy sewing.
The through-the-wall air conditioner in the master bedroom is effective, but unsightly. For the 51 weeks a year that AC isn't necessary, I lined the back of a hall tree with fabric to hide the unit.