After scraping...
Yuck, before scraping.
This is the tool that I found to scrape the grout. It is painstaking but the results will be worth it...I hope. I will never, ever forget to seal grout again. I have learned my lesson! Luckily it is in our small half bath but it still will take me a while.
I made this little dress for Nora modeled after this one I saw. I made mine button up in the front which I figured out is a lot more difficult than the one that I modeled it after. I think they buttoned theirs up in the back. I made it without a pattern. I just used another dress that Nora has for a basic template and tweaked it to make it more the way that I envisioned it. It looks ok on the hanger but I'll have to wait till Nora gets home from school to see how it really looks...
Jim's made a lot of progess on the farmer's porch recently. The columns went up, the steps are in, PVC trimboard is up, and the decking is almost done. We still have to finish the ceiling but we are putting in some recessed lights and we have to run some power lines for an AC unit that's going to go around the side (yeah, can't wait to have central air during those stifling august days!). Then it's paint, paint, paint for me!
