I Suck At Home Improvement

On Labor Day, I figured I would do some laboring. Plus, with Karen taking our baby daughter (Briana) out to see my in-laws, I figured it was a perfect opportunity to do some home improvement. Too bad I suck at home improvement.

The project for the day involved cutting molding to the bathroom door on our first floor. One of the first projects that Karen and I ever did on our house was to add a bathroom door right off of our kitchen. The problem, of course, was that we never finished renovating the actual bathroom itself until recently. (We've owned the house for over eight years now, so it has been a while.)

So for several years, only one side of the bathroom door was complete. That side was the side facing the kitchen. The side facing the actual bathroom was still undone. And naturally because our house is a throwback to when things were not square or level, the walls are slightly off. And by slightly off, I mean the wall on one side of the door is a different thickness than the other side of the door. In addition to that, both wall depths exceed the standard depth for a regular door casing, which means that additional wood will need to be placed where the casings come together.

Needless to say, I was not looking forward to this project because the irregularities of the house drive me insane. And like I said, I do suck at home improvement. Nevertheless, I spent a good portion of Labor day cutting wood with my trusty table saw.

By the time Karen came back from her little excursion to her parents, I had finished cutting the wood for the side of the door facing the bathroom. Now of course comes the fun part: staining all the pieces and actually installing them. I'll have to work on that at another time.