Pony House Laundry

That Hick! He's such a giver! Along with being such a BUYER. A few weeks ago, he saw something at the auction he couldn't resist. I think he paid $3 for it. No more than $5, that's for sure.

 

 

It was a RUG for The Pony to put in front of his laundry room. Hick tossed it down and took a picture. A week later, he bought the doors and installed them on the laundry room.

 

Hick is a real peach. He didn't bill The Pony for his laundry rug. But the cost of the doors will be included in the final purchase price of Pony House.

Yes. The Pony made his first payment. For the month of May. He's on his way to home ownership, interest-free.

It's Not the Marble Floor of the Taj Mahal

Hick bought some flooring for Pony House. First he bought something to cover the flooring. He got two rugs at the auction. He paid $10 each, and says they are about 5 feet by 8 feet. No, they don't match. "But they're similar!" says Hick. The Pony wanted a couple of rugs, because he likes to kick off his shoes and socks when he come home. And he likes to sit on the floor in front of the couch, eating or computing on the coffee table. Which he will also need to buy or accept for free from Hick's Freight Container Garage Emporium.

 

That's the most colorful of the two.

 

Here's the other rug. Similar.

Hick also bought some flooring to fix the bad part of the original hardwood floors. Not necessarily "fix," but patch the worst parts with a little accent corner. He said this flooring was only $23 per box. So he might do the whole living room with it.

At first The Pony was not sold on the flooring, after looking only at this picture:

 

"I'm not sure I like it. Is that DIRT? Is it just dirty? Because it might be okay if it was cleaned off."

"No. Dad said its pattern is BARN WOOD. It's supposed to look like that."

"Oh. Well. Maybe."

The Pony went over to Pony House to help Hick on Tuesday. They put down the flooring from the Master Bedroom door across the living room to the furnace room. After discussing scrubbing the original hardwood, and maybe leaving it for the rest of the living room... a decision has now been made to invest another $150 on more of the BARN WOOD flooring, to cover the entire living room

For that price, I think it's the best decision. Not sure how those rugs will look on it! But they might be going in the two bedrooms instead.

 

This is standing in the Master Bedroom, looking out towards the furnace room. Hallway to back door and Half Bath on the left.

 

This is standing by the furnace room, looking towards the Master Bedroom, hallway to the back door on the right. I think doing the whole living room with the barn wood flooring is going to turn out great.

Pony House Painting: With An Accent

The Pony was also thinking about too much white in his namesake house. Not exactly white, but the color he chose, which is a very light gray, almost white, called Icicle. He wanted an accent wall. The color he chose is not one that I would have put on my list. Even though we have an accent wall in our living room that is almost that color. Hick painted it one time as a "surprise" while I was gone. It was definitely a surprise when I came home and saw it.

Here's the accent wall in the Pony House kitchen:

 

It looks almost olive green here, but it's actually a shade of brown. Please excuse the mess in the living room. It seems to be Hick's workshop. The accent wall is continued around the corner, into the living room:

 

That's the hallway to the back door. The half bath is on the left, with its sliding barn style door. If you turn right through the hallway entrance, you are in the blue-walled hall to Bedroom 2. That open door on the left is the entrance to the Master Bedroom.

Not the Taj Mahal, but not bad for a 100-year-old house fixed up from its gutted stage by Hick and his old man helper. Still some work to do, but it's turning into a safe, livable house that won't cost The Pony a leg and a leg.

Pony House Painting: Progress Continues

Most of the Pony House construction is finished. Hick still needs to get under the house for some plumbing issues. The cold and wet weather has put the kibosh on that task for a couple months. Once that is done, Hick needs to get city water hooked up to test the tub, showers, sinks, and toilets. The living room floor needs some tender loving care, or possible replacement. And the back of the house needs to be torn off to form the back porch.

 

The drywall is finished. The windows and doors are trimmed. The furnace is working. The rooms are getting painted. Hick says once he gets the water hooked up, and a city inspection, The Pony could move in and live there, even if there are a few bugs (poor word choice!) to be worked out. Since Hick could still work on them while The Pony is at work.

 

The Pony chose blue for the color of the Master Bathroom. It might look better if Hick had opened the shades before taking the picture. That's the bathroom closet door. Still needs a coat of paint, white, I assume. The blue paint looks dark here, but I think it's just the lighting. Hick also used the blue paint in the hall to Bedroom 2, by the laundry room.

 

I was against this plan, thinking the blue was too dark for an interior hallway. Looks like Hick has proved me wrong. The hall light, and the natural light from the bedroom, make it work. You just can't go buying paint all willy-nilly. On a budget, you use what you've got. And you don't want the entire house to be white. Too hospital-y for me! To the right, you can see the front door and part of the living room.

Hick works on Pony House every day, finishing odds and ends. His old man helper does most of the painting. He works from 8:00 to noon. Hick sometimes calls it quits then, but usually works later.