This and That

This weekend was spent taking care of odds and ends.  I hooked up the vanity light in the upstairs bathroom.  I found this industrial fixture in an architectural salvage store for $10.  The light looks like it came out of a WWII era submarine.  It's a little big for a vanity light but it looks so cool, I thought I'd give it  try.

We still have to decide on a medicine cabinet.  I'm considering building one using the wood salvaged from the old kitchen cabinets that I ripped out nearly three years ago.  We'll see.

Speaking of wood that was salvaged from the original demolition, the pile of scrap seen at right is what's left of all the unpainted wood I ripped out of the house.  This pile is half as big now as it was when I finished the demolition.  I hate throwing things out, even trash sometimes. 

While gutting the insides of the house at the beginning of this project, I separated the unpainted wood from the rest of the demo material figuring I could burn it for fuel in the wood stove.  It's turned out to be a bit of a chore processing these scraps for use as fuel.  The main task is cutting the pieces to a length that can fit in the stove, and then either storing them in boxes or bundling them with twine.

After two years, this pile is starting to decompose.  It's time to get rid of it entirely so that its rotting doesn't end up contributing to the demise of the barn.  Today, I spent a couple hours cutting up the stuff with an old table saw.  I've got a ways to go before getting rid of it all.  It may come down to hiring somebody to haul it away.

The other task we got started on was painting the bathtub.  This tub came with the house and it's been sitting in the upstairs hallway for a couple years waiting for the bathroom tile to be installed.

The paint that was on the tub was in fair shape so Cybele used a wire brush and heavy grit sandpaper to remove anything that was loose.  Then she applied two coats of primer that's formulated for all surfaces including metal.  Tomorrow we'll put on the first coat of the blue paint we chose for the tub.

Some web info suggested all kinds of sandblasting and spray painting for cast iron tubs, the idea of turning my upstairs hallway into a paint shop didn't fly.  I'm sure that two coats of primer on cleaned-up surface will be sufficient.

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