Here are some fall projects I'm mulling over right now.
1. Repair all of the plaster cracks in my walls and ceilings. I was stupid and used that putty compound stuff to fill cracks with before I painted my dining room and living room. It's already starting to break apart. I've been reading up on plaster repair, and it seems simple enough. Hard, time-consuming work, but simple.
2. Paint the bathroom. The color the walls are now was actually one of the least offensive colors I had to deal with when I moved in. It's not bad, and goes alright with my lo-ve-ly vintage pink and lavender tile.
This is a picture I took when I looked at the house. That's a non-functioning gas radiator. She Who Shall Not Be Named told me the gas line running to it was capped. But you still won't find me playing with open flame in my bathroom...
The color is alright, but it's a *horrible* paint job. I suspect she used cheapo Wal-Mart brand paint. There are missing patches everywhere, and in some places, blue drips? I don't know what happened. I think the whole space would just look much fresher with a good paint job. I've been inspired by this post at SaucyDwellings to maybe do some sort of creative paint job. Maybe one color on top and one on bottom? There is a sheet of vinyl, I suspect, on the bottom and then regular walls on top. You can just see it, barely, in this photo.
I'm thinking about finding two colors that more closely match the tile. But would that be nauseating and too much? Maybe. I like the idea of vertical stripes, but I think that would just make my already small bathroom feel smaller (taller and more narrow). Anyways, it is small and there's not much to paint, so this wouldn't be that big of a project. Working around the toilet and above the shower would be the toughest part.
3. New dishwasher?? HMM! Maybe. I found a cheap one on craigslist, only a couple of years old, but then I called a plumber to see how much they would charge for installation. Almost $200. Yikes. That makes buying a used one completely not worth it, when Home Depot will install for only $20. And since brand new ones can be had for as cheap as $200. My current dishwasher?
(Nevermind the bizarre stuff on the counter and the paint-y rag hanging near the sink, this was right after I moved in!) You can see just a slice of it here, and believe me, this does not do justice to its oldness and disgustingness. I have no idea how old it is. 20 years? It's all rusted out on the inside. The cycles are about five minutes long. It's very loud. You have to wash every single crumb off the dishes or else they'll end up stuck on the glasses for all of eternity. The heated dry sometimes misses entire corners of the racks, and doesn't dry anything at all. I hate it. Maybe $300 on this instead of a new deck would be a more satisfying purchase.
I don't know, just more ideas to consider!
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