Fallen Apple Farm

We had originally tried to fit tiny bits of tile around the outlets only to quickly realize that that’s a terrible idea… So we picked up a time cutter Dremel bit and cut some holes out of whole tiles which will end up with a much cleaner finish.

Now we just need to get the right length socket screws and install the tiles and grout! 💪👌

Finished my workday today to the surprise that K had grouted the wall as it is so far.. honestly can’t believe how great it looks 😍♥️

Getting there!

After drilling the pilot holes for the shelves, our next task was to tile the wall in white beveled subway tile… We’ve never tiled before so there was a bit of calculation and trial and error but we’re super happy with the results so far!

We have no room for our washing machine in the house so had some plumbing and wiring run out to the Workshop. We finally got it hooked up only to discover it violently shook and “walked” across the floor when spinning. 😅

We discovered a couple of the adjustable leveling feet were bent, which is… not great. 😜

So we bought a “leveling stand” for the machine to rest on, only to discover it still wobbled… A LOT.

Fortunately, K finally figured out that we had never removed the shipping bolts installed to keep the drum from moving during transit.

So now.. it works! With hopefully no permanent damage caused 😄

We’ve not had the top of the oven sorted for weeks… We finally managed to find a gas installer to come out and hook up the range. One more thing down, a million to go! 👍

So we moved in a couple of weeks ago and Tim has already posted a couple of things so these photos are old. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to share the final look of the walls because they’re pretty slapdash. But these are the walls we have and I shouldn’t hide them just because I’m embarrassed. I do want to reiterate that I had to scramble to get this done before we moved in and I was scared to smooth the walls too much and disturb the lead paint. I do know I could have done a better job, given the time and better protection from lead.

Just like in the kitchen, we plan on replacing the windows so I did nothing around the frames. The white spot on the right is where I somehow missed a hole in the wall and had to fill it. It was too wet to plaster at the time.

Rather pleased with how I managed to fill and cover two large cavities in the sloped wall here. There were no bottoms to them, the holes going all the way down behind the slope.

I did not have the time to do anything about this massive hole and damaged ceiling panel though. The hole seems to go into the attic. I left the top of the wall free from the wood in the hope of dealing with it easier at a later date.

I think I mentioned how crumbly and dry the walls were in a previous post and was concerned about the porosity. I thought they may suck out any water from the plaster so it would crumble away. I prepped them as much as I could in my limited circumstance and kept the plaster very runny. It was difficult to apply obviously and I made quite a mess. Some got on the window, giving a clue in the photo below to how runny the plaster was. I scraped up as much as I could, but the floor needs a proper sanding.

One thing I’m pleased with is how straight I managed to get the corners. Most of them crumbled away (I didn’t get a photo) so there weren’t really any corners left.