Mudder's Day

As it gets closer to summer (hard to believe as the trees are just starting to get leaves), the days outside are getting longer and so are the days inside the house.

We bring Copper with us and he hangs out as we work. he's never been the type to lay down whenever their are people out and about.  Sunday, he was nodding off on the arm of the couch and Tuesday morning he was still having issues getting out of the bed.



At the apartment, there is an informal "adopt a piece of furniture" corner next to the recycle bins.  Robyn and I will keep an eye on stuff that appears there and if it's something we like, we'll wait a week or so to see if anyone takes it and then check it out closer.  We found an interesting octagon end table this way a couple of months ago.  I found this lamp a few days ago...

We'd also been scouring Craigslist looking for a headboard or bed to go in the 2nd bedroom.  We were at the point where I was going to make a headboard when this one showed up that we picked up a couple of weeks ago.



The basic styling fits the house and we'll sand it a bit before we do a "shabby chic" paint job on it.

Tuesday evening, I went back over to the house and finished screwing the sheetrock to the soffit boxes covering the ductwork in the living room.  I brought an electric drill this time with some 1 5/8" self-tapping sheetrock screws.  It went much easier.  I also was able to mud most of that sheetrock except for a couple of corners (I ran out of mud.)

As three coats of mud are recommended before painting, I'm headed back over there this evening to finish the first and get started on the second.