These first two pictures show the master bedroom/family room before. We scrubbed the mildew off of the walls, replaced the carpet, textured and painted the ceiling and walls, replaced the doors–two sets of bifolds and two regular doors, painted the window frame, added moulding around all the doors, the windows, and the floor…we just need to get new covers for the light fixtures, and this room will be done.

We worked all day today laying the ceramic tile on the kitchen countertops. It took a lot longer than I thought it would, but neither of us had done tiling before, so we went very slowly, and checked everything from all angles. It looks pretty good, I think. Tomorrow we will finish by tiling the backsplash, then grouting–we will post some more pics of the kitchen when we are done with the counter.

We have a million little projects to finish this week so that we can begin to show the house on Saturday–our first open house day. We need to: touch up the trim paint where we filled the nail holes(every room), install the glass sliding closet doors that we finally were able to buy(three of them), sand and paint the lower cabinet doors, and reinstall them with new hinges and knobs(8 doors), install the trim below the kitchen cabinets(two pieces), install the trim around the kitchen window, touch up the paint on the kitchen cabinets and install the tiny trim pieces on the upper cabinets, fix the broken window in the bathroom(find someone that can do it quickly), touch up the grout(in the shower, the entry to the bathroom, and the main entry), figure out what to do with the flourescent fixtures in the carpeted room, fix the problem with the light fixture in the living room(no on-off, it stays on all of the time), fill in the missing mortar around the fireplace, touch up the wall paint in a few places, install the door stops(about six), install new smoke detectors(probably three), and go over the yard a bit more–there are some new weeds and there are still paint chips all over. Once all of the projects are done, we will need to take a trip to the dump with all of the remaining trash, hose off the front of the house and walkway, mow the grass, clean the windows inside and out, dust the house(mostly from sanding the floors) from ceiling to floor, clean the front of the dishwasher, touch up the bathroom, move all of the tools and equipment out of the house and into the garage, sweep and mop the entire house, and hopefully be able to take some great pictures to make a for sale by owner flyer. A lot of work for three days, but we are going to do our best…

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