THE ANTI-BUCKET LIST

[Shadrach]

Tell us more about Pakistan.

Scariest place I've ever been. Got arrested and thrown out.

 

[tlcmurphy]

Go to Pakistan.
Go scuba diving.
Get married.

Come on, SCUBA diving is fun!

 

[janiedoe]

Scariest place I've ever been. Got arrested and thrown out.

I'm glad they tossed you out- I'm sure it would have been even more scary if they had kept you. I doubt they show any compassion for their prisoners.

 

[saysfaa]

I will never paint a counter top that is meant to be a kitchen counter.

I just spent 22 hours getting it off the counters of a small kitchen. Only two or three hours to go, probably.

The paint did not last long in a best case scenario. I know they used the right paint because I found the paint cans. The prep and paint were done right, I think, the rest of this house had the prep and paint done right as far as I can tell. Then the occupants used it very gently. By two years it had some visible wear by 5 years, the realtor says either replace it or give a replacement allowance up front at the listing.

Thankfully, the counter under the paint is in really, really, really good shape. It is even a great color pattern. It is just that the pattern is in browns and tans instead of the blacks and grays that helped make the kitchen very impressive visually when it was new.

Now, I decide whether to leave it clashing with the color of the walls. Or to repaint the walls of the kitchen. Thankfully, it doesn't clash with the color of the floor - or wouldn't with the right color of walls - the greige (halfway between gray and beige). Basically, the lightest color from the floor. Less happily, it doesn't go well with the color of the cabinets. The cabinets may look white but they are actually a pale blue - the same color as one of the two colors of the walls but a much paler version.

Sigh. But, that greige on the walls is how I see it in my head. I don't have a good record of getting colors to work in real life. Dh does have a good record of that but is not here to help pick colors. Even he usually tries a few times before getting a color that works. Paint is a little more expensive than it was a few years ago.

 

[Shadrach]

Come on, SCUBA diving is fun!

I'm not a good swimmer. What could go wrong I thought, I'm under water anyway. The company I went with judged a persons weight by eye on the deck of the boat and added belt weights accordingly. On my first dive I sank like a stone and had a lot of difficulty not dragging my chest on the sandy bottom as I treid to keep up with the others. I sort of dragged myself along the seabed like some overweight turtle.
The second dive they didn't put enough weight on the belt and it was hard work staying under water.
Dive three was better but then a valve on my oxygen tank acted up.

 

[Shadrach]

I'm glad they tossed you out- I'm sure it would have been even more scary if they had kept you. I doubt they show any compassion for their prisoners.

They stole all my money before they threw me out.

 

[Ponypoor]

Come on, SCUBA diving is fun!

My friends husband died first time out (after lessons in a pool), first time in Lake Ontario. I’m with the ‘no scuba diving’
She was only 35 and a widow. Single mama all of a sudden.

 

[Ponypoor]

They stole all my money before they threw me out.

Whoa Nelly! Well glad it was just money and not body parts, or your life - Scary.

 

[Ponypoor]

I will never paint a counter top that is meant to be a kitchen counter.

I just spent 22 hours getting it off the counters of a small kitchen. Only two or three hours to go, probably.

The paint did not last long in a best case scenario. I know they used the right paint because I found the paint cans. The prep and paint were done right, I think, the rest of this house had the prep and paint done right as far as I can tell. Then the occupants used it very gently. By two years it had some visible wear by 5 years, the realtor says either replace it or give a replacement allowance up front at the listing.

Thankfully, the counter under the paint is in really, really, really good shape. It is even a great color pattern. It is just that the pattern is in browns and tans instead of the blacks and grays that helped make the kitchen very impressive visually when it was new.

Now, I decide whether to leave it clashing with the color of the walls. Or to repaint the walls of the kitchen. Thankfully, it doesn't clash with the color of the floor - or wouldn't with the right color of walls - the greige (halfway between gray and beige). Basically, the lightest color from the floor. Less happily, it doesn't go well with the color of the cabinets. The cabinets may look white but they are actually a pale blue - the same color as one of the two colors of the walls but a much paler version.

Sigh. But, that greige on the walls is how I see it in my head. I don't have a good record of getting colors to work in real life. Dh does have a good record of that but is not here to help pick colors. Even he usually tries a few times before getting a color that works. Paint is a little more expensive than it was a few years ago.

Hmmmmm so the counter is brown tones, and the cabinet blue tones.

I would either put in white subway times, or you can paint it white with a tint of gold (depending on the blue of the cabinets).

If you have a Home Depot nearby take some photos and take them to the paint section and talk with the paint people. You can also check with the tile section.

You can put an accent wall on one side…. Lots of suggestions

 

[saysfaa]

Hmmmmm ... lots of suggestions

Thanks!

I'm most likely leaving it as it is now. I might come back to it but I'd really like to list it for sale while the weather is still nice. No house looks good in November around here. October is iffy. Sometimes it has weather like September and sometimes it is like November. I'm moving on to the other things. But if you enjoy putting together ideas enough to play with it even when it is unlikely more will be done on it, I would like to hear them.

I don't have a picture to post but three walls are the dark blue in this picture. The fourth wall is a light blue. The kitchen sink is black. You can see the floor if you click on the picture (or maybe thatvis just on a phone).

It is a "1950's, everything a small family needs but nothing extra" type of house. 7' ceilings, for example. So it doesn't make sense to upgrade too much.

The "two or three hours" turned out to be six. And it still has a few traces of paint. I couldn't go as fast the second day - my hands are too sore and cramping and it was the parts that were hardest to reach.