Yep, had to make another trip. I could almost get a job over there for as much as I'm burning up the road. Anyway, our excuse this time was twofold: booze and paint. The booze thing; well it's just a hell of a lot cheaper in Sin City. The paint is trickier. When we bought the house there were some Dunn Edwards paint cans in the garage. The paint in the house is really standing up well so we thought we'd check into that brand. We found the store and while they will sell to individuals it's not user friendly. They are more into selling 5 or 50 gallons than 1. It's also about twice what other stores ask for paint. Maybe it is worth it but I'm having trouble thinking that. Anyway, all we came home with was the booze.
The pass between Vegas & Pahrump is 5,600 feet (1,700m); there was snow on the sides of the road and it was coming down but not sticking to the roadway. It was not dangerous but did call for caution. First snow of the season folks! This is the view from our house today; kind of a gray day. I love the snow on the mountain with the clouds below it.
Later in the afternoon we went over to our local Home Depot and picked up some Glidden. We want to paint the closet before we install the new system. Bought the paint & all the crap you need to clean & prep the wall. Fun! Today we unpacked all the stuff from the closet and took the old stuff down. Let me tell you, whoever invented the pneumatic nailer has a lot to answer for! One piece of wood, a foot long, had 7 nails! Here is a photo of the closet as it was. It's about 10 x 10 feet (3m) almost square.
It just had a simple bar going all the way around the room with a shelf on top. I must say though; I was surprised by the material used to support the shelf.
100% recovered and recycled fiber. What the heck is that? It did the job though and was rather tough to take down! Something to do with all those nails I guess. Anyway, now we have all that removed and lots of holes to fill. The closet set isn't supposed to be delivered until Tuesday but we are sure going to be ready for it.
Gotta go. Have a good one & thanks for checking in.
2 comments:
A long drive for booze! I hope you made it worth while.
Post a photo or two of the closed system when you finish. We have been thinking of one to improve the efficiency of our small closets.
You are a courageous person driving down 160 to sin city.
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