For a quick update on the house progress. In spray painting the furniture downstairs I laid down my painting cloths, but unfortunately there was some back spray that sprayed the carpet! Here we go again, 2 steps forward and 3 steps back...so I vacuumed and then scrubbed the carpet with mineral spirits. Most of the stain is gone. I'm going to wait until tomorrow and then scrub some more, it just seems to take patience. I put the mineral spirits in a spray bottle which makes it much more controllable. After spraying on the carpet then I take a clean portion of my rag and scrub. Hopefully I can get it looking like new again! GRRR, as it is, it currently looks dirty, which is a big step above, there's a black outline on the carpet from spray paint!
And speaking of vacuuming. My vacuum gave out. Dad thinks it might have just overheated, so I'm giving it a break until the morning. We still have Briana and Ivan's vacuum which I had to take apart to clean as it was clogged (I'd done the same to mine earlier today, before it overheated). I hope it works again tomorrow I LOVE my vacuum. It has the clean carpet sensor and I really believe it works!
Got all the furniture painted. It doesn't look good, unfortunately I took the advice of the persuasive Walmart employee and bought Krylon instead of Rustoleum spray paint. The coverage was poor and I have runs all over the place! But, it's done and I don't think anyone will really be scrutinizing my furniture, hopefully just getting the general feel of the room.
I got the basement fireplace insert spray painted as well. Rustoleum has a special spray paint for bbq's and fireplaces, etc. It turned out fabulous! I can't believe the difference. Dad said he liked it better before I painted it.
Barney and Carolyn came over this evening and Barney re-stretched the carpet for us. So now we can move into full blown transformation mode in the master bedroom. The missionaries came over earlier this evening and hauled the extra couch from the living room out to the garage, moved the bed around in the upstairs bedroom and they hauled the re-upholstered chair down to the master bedroom and took my chest of drawers and night stand downstairs too. Dad didn't want them to help take his chest of drawers or night stand down, so hopefully he'll get those moved tomorrow. He also made progress on his 'stuff' from his gun closet, getting things boxed up and moved back in because most of it was in the master bedroom and I need it put away so I can set up the furniture.
Logan came over in the afternoon and hauled about a dozen boxes and tubs of packed items out to the garage for me, cut up the boxes that had been sitting outside since the yard sale and pooper scooped. It is SO worth it to hire him to come haul boxes for me! Then I can keep packing while he's moving them AND I save my back from further agony!
Joanne was supposed to come over tomorrow, but I'm so far from being done still that we decided to reschedule. She said she'll just use one of my outside pictures that I took this fall to put in the Yakima Homebuyers magazine (the deadline for the ad is Thursday morning). We'll probably get together on Saturday. Although I may not need to. I just may have a buyer. A family in our ward has been looking for a home in our ward boundaries and the West Valley school district. They drove by already and liked what they saw on the outside. As soon as I give the go ahead they'll come take a look on the inside and decide if they're interested. If they buy it and we don't involve realtors I'll be able to drop the price about $15,000, a win, win for everyone!
I pulled another all nighter last night (rang in the New Year by working on the house!) so I'd better get myself to bed!
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