We have moved to the Duplex. Next door neighbors with my mom. But across the alley from our in-progress Yellow House.
The duplex was surely not move-in ready. There were two too many tables, and a organ speaker without an organ, also a washer. All in the dining room.
In the living room was a couch that had vomit on it. A broken sewing machine.
We put those items on the curb. And after no one had taken several we had to dispose of them.
We accepted a bed from a family friend, complete with boxsprings, frame and headboard. A table with interesting legs that unfortunately needed a lot of diy tlc. We have put them in the basement and are using the table as a headboard.
We are using a 6 ft door on an old 4 ft desk as a computer table. It's pretty sweet. Credit to our friend Drew for that idea.
Since the bunnies require separate pens, we feel a bit cramped.
The kitchen sink was an old cast iron ceramic coated that was chipped and rusty. Gross! Serendiptiously we found a stainless steel sink in the basement! We bought silicone caulk, a caulk gun, plumber's putty and a new strainer. We also bought new cpvc piping since the old was metal. We also had a hard time fitting it to the steel drain pipe because it was off-center and on an axis. A flexible pipe fixed that.
The toilet wouldn't stop filling and the fill valve sprayed water everywhere so you had to put a rag on it. Today I installed a new fill valve and flapper. It worked! Easily. Also, it replaced the old style with a floating ballcock. It's quieter too.
We decided to put ceramic tile in the bathroom. It's small, 24 sq ft. At HD, there were 58 cent tiles! Non-offending beige cream color. Perfect! It became less economical when we had to throw in the trowel, float, tile cutting blade, mortar mix, and grout mix. We are still very excited.
We still need to finish putting up dry wall then taping and mudding. Who needs a shower?
