I have the best brother. Last month he visited for a week and worked his tail off helping me with odd jobs around the house and installing the custom vanity he made for me. He discovered when he opened his trailer, Bluing had stowed away for the trip. Needless to say, Butterscotch was not a happy camper when she saw him. Bluing stayed in the trailer all week, but got to ride up front on the way home.
If the vanity and odd jobs were not enough, he came bearing gifts. Coasters and a cutting board made from scrap lumber for both me and my sister-in-law.
He suggest olive oil for the board and the colors just popped.
The first order of business was getting the vanity installed. This included removing the old vanity and cutting a wall access to cut the water off to the shower if needed.
Then we called the countertop folks to have them come measure and fabricate the top. This left 4 days to do odd jobs around the house.
Two wall hooks were made. One is in my closet and the other in my bathroom. He milled and shaped the wood at home then attached the dragonflies when he got here. They are from Lowe’s. Have I mentioned the wood is from a walnut log he cut himself?
It’s the same log that my mantle was made from. Another odd job was hanging the pictures over my mantel. That’s Gracie on the left and Butterscotch on the right. The photo in them middle is from my trip to Scotland last year.
He fixed the bedframe. Originally he thought there was an issue with bed rails, but it turns out only shims were needed between the bed rail and the footboard and headboard. He says it no longer feels like the bed is going to collapse.
One of the last things he did was paint my cabinet doors using various shades of turquoise/teal paint to help decide what color my new kitchen cabinets will be.
Also while waiting for the vanity top to arrive he did the following odd jobs:
- Stabilized my IKEA fabric cabinets. They are now connected to each other and to the wall.
- Reattached the gutter flashing
- Cleaned the gutters
- Fixed my mailbox
- Put up 2 ceiling AC vents
- Stopped the toilet from rocking
- Deepened the grooves in my file drawers
- Fixed the loose curtain rod in my bedroom
- Replace a smoke detector
- Re-assembled a desk in my sunroom
- Moved a file cabinet for my sister in law
- Cut some 2 x 4s for my shoe class
The marble top arrived on Thursday afternoon, then he finished the vanity area.
- installed the backsplash – the tile matches the shower which he installed last year.
- added the walnut trim to the top of the tile and marble
- installed the faucet
- Installed the mirror, including making the frame
- installed the magnifying mirror
- installed the towel ring
- touched up the wall paint – apparently my walls are not square so the cabinet was a tighter fit than expected.
The final thing he did was drop me off at Walmart at 6:00 AM Sunday morning on his way out of town so I could catch a ride to AQS Branson.
