Ceiling Fan

Here is the new ceiling fan installed. A much sleeker and more modern fan.

Boss, Boss...the plane, the plane!

Texture done!

Here is a close-up of the California knock down texture. Everyone asks what it is and it is very hard to explain. It is a very flat texture unlike the old popcorn stipple (maybe only 3/16" thick).

Ceiling work to begin!

All walls masked and covered with plastic in preparation for ceiling texture.

Levelled Concrete

Concrete has been levelled. There was about a 3/4" drop at the far end tapering back to 1/4" at the close end.

After about 2 hours of mixing, pouring, levelling and smoothig concrete; Echo had to apply her stamp of approval to my work. Conveniently right after I cleaned all of tools!

Water Finally Draining Away

Lake Echo!

The culvert finally thawed and is draining Lake Echo.

More colour!

All walls are now painted. Ceiling next and then flooring.

Walls get some colour and buying the flooring.

Here is some colour on the walls. Today's project was to paint two coats of the lighter coloured paint on the walls. Tomorrow is the second colour. Also today we picked up some levelling cement to level the floor and the laminate flooring. The picture below is a sample of our flooring called Saskatchewan Oak.

Primer!

Primer went on today! Finally a different look to the room. These are the before and after pictures. Two coats of primer/sealer sure made the drywall repairs disappear.

I hate drywall dust!

What more can I say. I hate sanding drywall mud. It is a terrible job! This was last weekends project. Two days of sanding resulted in being ready for paint!

The Great Ice Sheet

The great ice sheet has collapsed. The culvert finally opened and started draining the water from our land. The colder temperatures after the first initial meltdown froze the lake of water with about 6 inches of ice. The water drained from underneath and collapsed the other day.