This Lo Life

Custom Building Products  is the name of the company who produces all of the flooring materials I have used so far. They include the waterproofing membrane, primer and concrete. I want to give a shout out to their technical support hotline at 800-272-8786. Prior to executing each step, I've called and consulted with the technical advisers at Custom. They've always been available, easy to talk to and given me direction and reassurance on how to execute each step. I am so thankful for their availability and assistance! First I applied the two different coats of waterproofing membrane. Second I applied a primer. Both of these steps were really easy. All I had to do was roll the liquids onto the floor. The waterproof membrane Finally, it was time to pour the concrete! I was most excited about this step because I've only done this once before, when I was a kid. I felt pouring concrete would be a great achievement in my DIY experience. Again, the guys at Custom gave...

With the walls textured, I thought it was time to prime and paint the walls. It was finally going to happen. Think again! I left the existing mirror hanging on the wall, which turned out to be a problem. We bought a new vanity for the kids' bathroom but I never got around to measuring the distance from the floor to the bottom of the mirror to see if it fit. Allison and I finally got around to doing it and discovered there wasn't enough clearance for the vanity, which meant we had to take down the mirror and I take care of the wall beneath it. We gently pried the mirror from the wall without breaking it. Beneath it, the wall looked to be in pretty good shape. I took the opportunity to spackle some holes in the wall. A few days later, I returned to prime and to texture the wall. Again, it took about 30 minutes to prep, 10-15 minutes to shoot it, and 45 to clean up. But this time, I did it in the morning. I let it dry for a few hours and then returned to prime it. It was about...