Small Projects
Jan. 29th, 2024 08:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unicorndukeI didn't take a true before photo, where there was a file cabinet and a ton of junk piled on top of it, but this was the closet in the living room:
As you can see, they did a godawful job with the flooring and it isn't level. They also built those walls over the floor, so I couldn't tear them out. Given this closet is slated to be removed at some point in the future when we renovate the kitchen (that's a few years away still), I decided to half ass this project. Since the floor wasn't level, I had to make it level, so I shoved a 3/4 inch board on the left side and screwed it down.
Then I cut a piece of plywood to shape, since it was 46 3/4 inch long on the left side and 48 inches long on the right. Of course. I pieced together some bits to fill in the rest and then had to put a small wedge in the area without any subfloor since the pieced bits weren't aligning in that area. Then I laid flooring. This is leftovers from the living room floor project. That part took the longest because I had to cut and piece the left side and very front of the closet. I also screwed it into the floor, which is not done but I wanted to make sure the main part of the floor wouldn't move or come up and the front section wasn't connected to the rest so it needed to be secured. I might reinforce the front at some point with more screws if I find it's riding up in the middle. Got a shelf from home depot that was 28 inches wide, since the back of the closet was 29.25 inches (29.5 at the front, not as bad)
And then I put everything back into the closet, except all the things that went out to the shed. You can see the terrible job I did at the front of the closet. I don't care.
The other thing I did was pick up rolled linoleum. We've decided to skip tiling the countertops and instead are simply going to rip the old linoleum tiles up, scrape all the gunk up and lay the rolled stuff on. The main issue with the tiled stuff is the cracks between, not great for counters. It's not nice but again, it really needs to last until a few kitchen renovation happens.
As you can see, they did a godawful job with the flooring and it isn't level. They also built those walls over the floor, so I couldn't tear them out. Given this closet is slated to be removed at some point in the future when we renovate the kitchen (that's a few years away still), I decided to half ass this project. Since the floor wasn't level, I had to make it level, so I shoved a 3/4 inch board on the left side and screwed it down.
Then I cut a piece of plywood to shape, since it was 46 3/4 inch long on the left side and 48 inches long on the right. Of course. I pieced together some bits to fill in the rest and then had to put a small wedge in the area without any subfloor since the pieced bits weren't aligning in that area. Then I laid flooring. This is leftovers from the living room floor project. That part took the longest because I had to cut and piece the left side and very front of the closet. I also screwed it into the floor, which is not done but I wanted to make sure the main part of the floor wouldn't move or come up and the front section wasn't connected to the rest so it needed to be secured. I might reinforce the front at some point with more screws if I find it's riding up in the middle. Got a shelf from home depot that was 28 inches wide, since the back of the closet was 29.25 inches (29.5 at the front, not as bad)
And then I put everything back into the closet, except all the things that went out to the shed. You can see the terrible job I did at the front of the closet. I don't care.
The other thing I did was pick up rolled linoleum. We've decided to skip tiling the countertops and instead are simply going to rip the old linoleum tiles up, scrape all the gunk up and lay the rolled stuff on. The main issue with the tiled stuff is the cracks between, not great for counters. It's not nice but again, it really needs to last until a few kitchen renovation happens.
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Date: 2024-01-29 03:25 pm (UTC)I'd say you did fine!
That's not quite structural wallpaper but it's not supposed to last beyond need, need is known to be short, and life is finite. Putting in the nigh-infinite fuss-and-fit would not make sense.
Plus I can't really imagine someone who thinks the floor doesn't matter, so I expect you're dealing far more difficulty than is reasonable.
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Date: 2024-01-29 04:01 pm (UTC)I told F that my floor fix is fine as long as we aren't storing bricks in there :)
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Date: 2024-01-29 04:24 pm (UTC)No bricks, no canned angst, only one bucket of hammers... :)
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Date: 2024-01-29 04:06 pm (UTC)1) It’s a closet, not the main hallway, so the floor doesn’t have to be perfect. No one is going to trip on it.
2) It looks just fine. The new shelf organization and general cleanliness of the space is hopefully more important to you than the floor being pieced together.
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Date: 2024-01-29 04:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-01-29 09:30 pm (UTC)At Henry St we have had a two drawer file cabinet in the living room for well over 20 years, mostly because there was no other place to put it.
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Date: 2024-01-30 01:56 pm (UTC)