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This Week’s Featured Pulp Improvement
Pulp Office 2
Pulp Bath Reno 2
Another week of working multiple projects (knocking off the smaller ones while plowing ahead on the “larger” ones)! This past week brought us through a 2nd office rework, Pulp Office 2, and a big jump forward on Pulp Bath Reno 2.
First up, Pulp Office 2 and basically, a little of this and a little of that. A while back we had the good team from Brian Bradley Electric come in and upgrade some of the old wiring in the house, which was mainly on the 2nd and 3rd floors. Now, to get that done, and without doing a complete demo, holes need to be made in the walls and ceilings to “fish” the new wiring through. These walls being old and mostly plaster and lath (aka, quite thick) left quite a few spots that needed to be patched. What better time then to do a few upgrades, right? So, having recently completed Pulp Office 1 work, it was time for Pulp Office 2 to get it’s facelift!
For this one, and after the patchwork, we started with a new chair rail all around the perimeter. Followed that with new paint on all walls (new color for below chair rail and primer above. Added an animal themed and colorful wallpaper above the chair rail. New popcorn paint on the ceiling patches, ceiling already had the popcorn treatment so it actually helped in blending in the patches. New grout on some of the fireplace bricks that had deteriorated through the years, new throw rug, some electric cord management, a teeny bit of furniture adjustment and I present, the new Pulp Office 2! (New ceiling fixture on back order, we’ll pop that in as soon as it arrives).
On the Pulp Bath Reno 2, we are now adding floors and walls (meaning, all in- wall and under floor electric and plumbing is complete)! Going with Durock cement board on the floors and Go-Board tile board on walls. As mentioned, we’ll be doing heated floors in this one, so next step will be adding the orange Ditra floor membranes on top of the Durcok so we can run the heat cables (watch for updates as we go, it all makes sense)! Formed out the shower area walls so we have an idea where to set the shower curb (the orange Ditra membrane sheets butting up to that curb) and set the drain for the new soak tub.
Because the Ditra membrane comes mainly in a big roll, we’ll completely lay it out and cut to fit prior to applying the mortar to hold it down as the channels in the Ditra need to line up so those heat cables can be run correctly (again, keep your eyes open for the updates as we go). Stay tuned!
Some progress pics adjacent and below. See you next week!
Pulp Improvements
The 257 Project
Most Recent Pics for Sale
Nothing at All
A long time ago, in a small apartment in New York City, I was listening to a Prince song, simply called “7” and I was very much getting into the sound of the guitar playing, and what I perceived as an “open” chord strum, aka, just hitting those strings with no fingers applied (forgive me if that was mistaken). I tried to work that into something, and came up with a riff that I thought was pretty catchy. Not 100% sure what mood I was in at the time but decided that “you don’t need Nothing at All” was a good premise and ran with it. Years later, and also during the pandemic, decided it was a good time to rebuild it. Got busy with my wonderful musician friends and a new version it was.
Hope you enjoy!
The 1800 Project
Here’s the trailer to the exciting new movie coming out this summer (okay, so maybe not really a movie, more a couple long form video’s to document the start to finish of this project)! Truth is, had a little fun with a movie trailer template they have and this is the “story” of the 1800 Project to date. Enjoy!
The Ray Harm and Guy Coheleach Limited Edition Prints Prints
We recently mentioned that we had been gifted a fine collection of Ray Harm and Guy Coheleach “limited edition” art prints which we intend to eventually sell here from the website (will be setting up a page in our shop collection). Currently doing a complete inventory of what we have and documenting all of that. Wanted to share a little taste of what we are talking about so will feature a pic or two each week until we get that shop page up and running. This week’s sample print below!
Bue Jay
