Hard to believe it's been a couple of months already since I first moved into my new house. When I read back on my previous posts, they are all about the laundry room and the dishwasher. Ah the past.
So, a bit of a catchup on the resolution of those items...
The laundry issue pretty much got sorted by the replacement of the washing machine. Once I figured out that there was a little filter plug in the main water inlet line and pulled that out, the washer worked fine. The room looks better now with a washer and dryer that are suited to the size of the room. The terra cotta colored tiles on the floor still needs a bit of a scrub to clean the grout, but otherwise I think it's pretty nice.
The room has a airy, spacious feel to it, that I really like. It used to be part of the back porch (veranda) that one of the previous owners turned into a mudroom/laundry.
After I moved in I realized that other than a smattering of really crappy leftover tools like the odd crescent wrench and some screwdrivers that I really have little ability skillwise to fix things, nor the tools to do it.
Tools had been the domain of the men in my life, and although most have been somewhat unwilling to do many repairs, any that were undertaken were conducted under the attitude of "this is men's business, so go back to the kitchen and cook something". Insert Eyeroll. I have since come to find out that a lot of that posturing was due to the fact that the man in question didn't know how to do the "man task" himself, and didn't want me watching his stumbling steps in home repair. Understandable I guess, but just being honest would have been more helpful.
So, now I realized that I would need to learn how to do all the things myself. After a bit of googling and youtubing, I realized that I would need to buy a basic set of tools (whatever those might be) and learn to use them. The next questions were what to buy and how to store them?
The property does have a shed, but it has a riding lawn mower stuffed in there, so not much room to store tools (more on this in a later post). The next likely spot is in the laundry room which does have a bit of space. I purchased a wrench set, dug out my screwdriver set which is mostly intact, power drill, and bought a few other small power tools that I thought I might have some hope in learning how to use.
But how to store them? I found out quickly that upright tool chests are REALLY expensive (try $800 or more). And fishing things out of a smaller tool box is annoying. Out of the idea of "use what you got already" I repurposed a plastic trolley that I had previuosly used to store extra junk at my old much smaller place.
So, stepladder (for changing lightbulbs and painting if I ever get around to it) and then the tools trolley. Doesn't look too bad, and I can see what's on each section and don't have to keep opening drawers. :)
However, to the right is a bit of a mess, I need to hang up the brooms, mops, etc. That is a job for future me.
