Day 6 - Try, Try, and Try Again

Well, by the end of the day the plumbing in the bathroom works, but it took all day to figure it out.  The rainy weather has really put a halt to the painting process but we managed to crank up the heat to 70 degrees and put a final coat on the cabinets.  Our first attempt with the glaze (which is actually a gel stain because we are working with latex paint instead of oil) turned out really dark (there is a picture of this) and so we decided to wait until tomorrow to see if the paint is less porous after another night of hardening.  If the cabinets have to be a little darker though, that's probably okay with me as the floor is so dark anyway.

All of the staples in the kitchen floor are now up thanks to a combined effort!  There must have been at least 1000 -- seriously.

I recieved some bad news in regards to carpet this afternoon.  The official quote they gave to me today was $600 higher than I was originally quoted (with all of the extra yardage I'll have to pay for etc).  So, basically that's an unexpected expense that I'm not happy about.  The furnace people will be here in the morning so that it no longer sounds like a plane is landing in the living room every time the furnace is on, so that's good.  That was a cost I had planned on.

Goals for tomorrow: bathroom tiled, wood floors down, cabinets stained with a coat of satin polycrylic.  It sounds like a lot, but if all goes smoothly (fingers crossed) it should be pretty painless as we have all of the prep work done.  Wish me luck!

My early bedtime last night helped immensely, so I plan on hittin' the hay again after I post this.  Night ya'll!

Bathroom with no drywall and with old plumbing.

Bathroom with BRAND NEW PLUMBING (which you can't see but deserves to be recognized nonetheless) and new drywall.  Also have tile laying around in a possible pattern.  Tub isn't blue (hello people!  I'm UPDATING not OUTdating!), but has a protective coating on it.

Heat rises, so I set up all of the cabinets on the second floor, cranked the heat up and got to work.

Here is a tester door (from old bathroom vanity) with the gel stain glaze -- a bit too much 'color' I think.  I'd like it to seem whiter, but the lacquer thinner took off too much paint today.  Hopefully tomorrow the paint will be a bit more durable.

While I was at it -- I primed my 'new' kitchen table (thanks dad) so that I can paint that this week too.  Might as well before the nice floors go in!

Mom and Jon helping pull out the staples in the kitchen.  I was very grateful for help on this particular task because I have a blister on the palm of my right hand (workin' hard!) and it was awful work in light of this (I realized I sound girly but that's just the way it goes).

And one last picture on my way out tonight.  Lots of work left but lots of work accomplished!  Today, much of the work was 'behind the scenes' prep work for tomorrow.