The last several evenings and most of Saturday have been spent doing some fix-up jobs at the duplex between tenants. I wanted to post some before-and-after photos to brag on Nathan's skills in this area! He's been working hard and has a tender head from bumps acquired during many hours bent under cabinets and under sinks. Above, you can see Ellie 'driving' the shopping cart at Lowes. Below is a sampling of a few of the projects we finished...
I love the new floor! Though the old floor looks like it was in decent condition, it had turned some funky gray/blue around the toilet. The new floor is Armstrong peel-n-stick tiles. Amazingly easy, and it looks even better in person. The hard project was fixing a place in the shower where the backer board and tiles were caving in behind the inset soap dish. Though Nathan had never fixed anything like this before, he figured out a solution, in spite of not finding the exact replacement pieces. 
I'm pretty sure this chipped porcelain sink and gold-dusted formica countertop (above) were older than I. It took several rounds with the jigsaw to get the opening cut large enough for the new sink (below), but I think it looks GREAT!
I learned a thing or two about cutting and installing counters watching and helping Nathan. Here's the completed kitchen. The floor was last year's project. We're slowly bring the place from circa 1971 to the 21st century! I told Nathan my wish list was quickly coming to an end for this side of the duplex, but he doesn't believe me. 
4 comments:
The sink looks beautiful and shiny! Nice job picking out the fixtures, too! You guys never stop!
Good work at duplex. It looks great!! Your Lowes has nicer carts than Muncie's. We are geting some rain today. We are thankful for EVERY drop. We haven't had a good rain since April. My time, this summer, has been spent trying to save my gardens. I'll send some pictures of my flowers via e-mail. Love, Aunt Ruth
All the new remodel looks great. Maybe you could put Chad to work when he comes to "brown county." He has become quite handy---even installing baseboards. Go figure!
We are going home today and will miss baby Isaac.
love, Aunt Dianna
go figure?? go figure what? i've been fixing crap almost 30 years now. dad can hardly install batteries. "toilet's broken again!" get chad up here...he's 8...'bout time he start doing something around here.
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