What's Wrong? I think because I got a lot done last weekend, this weekend was bound to be the weekend of "oh, crap!" And it was. My plan was to finish the bathroom while my mom worked on baseboards. Well, everything was going smoothly, i was putting the taps and shower head in the bathroom. I was missing one of the adapters for one of the tub taps. So i moved on to putting up the shower curtain with no nail putty, the putty was expired. What about attaching the vanity drain to the P-trap? It's not lined up. OK, how about the mirror? Oh, the mirror was scratched. The only things that went up without incident was the two towel bars and the bathroom door. I went to Rona twice to return and exchange that day. As well as i went to totem and home depot to pick up a couple things that i didn't want to at Rona. I'm so sick of Rona. If you don't buy Rona products from Rona, then you are ok, but Rona seriously needs to at the workmanship and quality of their product lines. I've returned and exchanged many things because they were either broken or damaged coming out of the box. I mean i spend time looking at the boxes, making sure they haven't been open or the product hasn't been tampered with or was a previously returned item before i buy them. So these items that i bought and returned/exchanged, must have been new and damaged in the box. #fail on Rona's part.

Labels: Renovations

  ¶ 12/12/2011 01:21:00 PM 0 Comments

  Lights On This weekend was a good weekend for work. Finally my mom and I got the refrigerator connected to the water line without it leaking all over the place. It's silly how frustrating it can be and how joyous it is when you turn the water line on and it DOESN'T leak. Amazing.
My mom, the appliance genius, also installed my dishwasher as well.We haven't test run it, but I'm sure it's fine (fingers crossed). I've almost got all the new light fixtures up. The kitchen is done, living room, and hallway lights are installed. It's funny how much brighter the lights are compared to the pre-1970 light fixtures that are everywhere. The chandelier in the living room is sooo much brighter. I can actually see at night and on the cloudy days. That place was so reliant on natural light. Natural light is awesome when it's sunny, but not so great when it's cloudy and snowy.
Yesterday I went and got some baseboards, with some help from my parents of course. I can't wait to put them in. It's really going to finish the whole place. Then maybe I can finally move-in.

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  ¶ 12/05/2011 11:39:00 AM 0 Comments