Into the Fall

 Here we are, at the end of October, and I have a bunch of windows open. It's a beautiful day outside. Last weekend, I did a bunch of exterior work to start winterizing, and that included removing most of the screens. I had a suspicion that this might happen though, so I left a few strategically placed screens alone. 

This time of year, it's not so much to keep the bugs out (though the stink bugs and ladybugs have been out in full force) it's just to keep the cat in.

I have no idea why, but she's started drinking from her fountain like this.

I've been doing a bunch of little things.

Replaced the mirror in the bathroom.
Replaced that towel ring too, now that I think about it, but that must have been later.

Replaced the old almond colored broken outlet with a new white one.

Made an absolute mess of my parent's wall trying to hang a new phone.
I'm going to attempt to fix it this weekend with the right parts.

Replaced the old Victorian slide catch with a new round turn buckle latch that will more closely match some from the original hardware. (But it's still obviously new).

All the paint is done, now I'm just waiting on the new rail to finish this stairwell.

The blue is a little more "beach cottage" than I would prefer, but it is relentlessly cheerful.

Oh, but right! The air vent hole thing. I made a fancy cover for that!

This fancy cover thing. But the hole is way over there, in the stair well. My arms are not 8' long.
I'm not sure how this is going to get applied.
With screws, sure, but how to get over there is a mystery still.

Washed out the garbage bins and the vacuum parts.

Took off the screens and scrubbed them before storing them in the shed for the winter.

Started painting the shed windows. They had never been done, and were covered in mildew.
Sanded them down, hit them with a coat of oil based primer and a top coat of interior/exterior floor paint (that I used for the indoor stairs). I figure in this case, white paint is white paint.

Painted windows, ready for action.

 

You can't really tell, but painted windows in action.

Before...

After.
Super minor touch-up, but a tiny can of black paint made the screw heads and slider button at the bottom blend in so much better.
This is the only heat for the upstairs.

So there you go.
There's going to be a separate post about Epic Plumbing Day coming up shortly. But first I need to get the last of the parts in and have the plumbers come back for it to be done. It's a story that needs to be told all at once.

Until then, stay home, maybe paint something, and wear your mask.