It took a weeks vacation for me to drum up a few "small" DIY projects. It's no big secret that I am the handy one in the family. Chris is by no means embarrassed by this nor does he feel it in any way deducts man card point. So we have a nice partnership...I provide cheap labor and he is happy to bank roll the entire operation. The only problem is I do tend to be a little over ambitious at times. Installing a back splash was by far the biggest project I've tackled and I was so afraid of it turning out looking botched. I watched the internet videos at least 10 times and the tile guy at Lowes gave me a nice little pep talk as I filled my cart with $300 worth of tile. How kind of him. It still took me 2 days of looking at the wall before I could bring myself to slap on the first tile with my sweaty little palms. It did get easier...
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I wish I would have taken a "before" picture of the bathroom, but think 1980's gold vanity lights. I replaced the fixture with this one, painted the walls blue and switched out the mirror. Ever seen the youtube video "dumb ways to die"? Well, "do your own electrical work" is on the list and darn it if that wasn't running through my head the entire time. But I was happy to learn that for about 8 bucks you can buy something called a voltage detector. It blinks red when it comes near any live wires....and he is now my new best friend. As is my brother-in-law who came over to check my wiring.
My kids are tired of being neglected so pretty sure I am done with projects for awhile:)
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