u/Frostyarn — reddlx

My 6 year old designed and dyed this "sunrise rainbow" and I'm loving how vivid and controlled her color placement is

This is a mix of Dharma and Pro Chem, no notes were taken as she can't really write that well yet. She picked one color from each bucket. The only help I offered was drawing the sun shape at the bottom to follow for scrunching.

She did Dye Under Ice and only put one cube on each color section because she wanted super colorful.

My asshole mother in law bought both kids new clothes and tried to get rid of their tie dye pieces last mother's day 🫩

Anyway, she's not allowed over anymore and we'll be tie dyeing all day tomorrow and then doing cyanotype printing over the tie dye. And she's gonna be by herself.

u/Frostyarn — 5 days ago

▲ 14 r/RealEstate

I have a physical copy of every warranty, repair, upgrade etc in an itemized binder for whoever buys our home. It's doubled in digital form as well.

I also pulled every permit ever filed, original building plans, HOA correspondence and the Lexus Nexus on 25 years worth of claims submitted to insurance by all previous owners, not just us. Which was 0 for the structure, thank God. Lots of pinhole leaks from copper pipes in our building but never us. We paid to preemptively re-pipe.

I want the future owner to feel like they're equipped with all the info they need if the new quartz counters pop a seam, who to go to if the new stairs need a fresh board, where the extra tiles are if they break one etc.

Am I missing anything? Never sold a house before, trying to make sure we do this right in a VHCOL area.

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u/Frostyarn — 17 days ago

▲ 28 r/Tile

Last month, I asked if my painted tile makeover was a sin, and got absolutely roasted.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tile/s/ZEfnkn4BdO

So I decided I'd learn how to tile properly for my second bathroom. I found a licensed contractor that was willing to let me work alongside him to do this 70 sq foot bathroom/closet combo. I paid him his day rate, plus did all the demolition and prep work before he got there.

It was incredibly fun! We listened to murder podcasts and had pizza delivered while we worked. I did most of the cuts and back buttering. He was a wealth of knowledge about code, best practices, tools, layout and design concepts. I told him I'd sign a "hold harmless" agreement taking responsibility if anything cracked or failed since I was doing part of the work.

Here's the cost breakdown for any of me fellow homeowners who enjoy DIY projects:

Contractor: $1200

Schluter Ditra: $250

Schluter tape: $16

Thinset and tile spacers: $60

Grout: $69

Tiles: $174

Total: $1,919

But learning how to tile for our next home? Priceless.

Thank you to this sub for being so informative and knowledgeable. I love being in this group.

u/Frostyarn — 18 days ago