Tiles And Kitchen and hall Part 1

Wall (T) Tiles off wall (bl) Cleaned tiles (br)

Tiles in place, pre-grout

Well, there's good news and bad news. Good news. Only 5 tiles were loose. Bad news. Looks like mold or bad mildew on the wall. Problem was they got cheap on the thin set. I used a putty knife to remove old thin set from the wall, and tiles too, plus soaking in water, and a scrubbing pad. Being it was just a row of tiles, I had to 'butter' them before putting them back in place. I am waiting to grout. Initally for thin set to set, and had it covered with plastic so we could take showers in the morning. But I wanted to clean the other tiles and grout before grouting the replaced tiles, and the poorly grouted places. Cleaning come out as well as I would have like, so I got prepping for painting kitchen and hall.

I've not been a fan of doing cleaning. But that is something that needed to be done. I don't think our place was cleaned from the area of top of someone's head, nor a foot above the floor. Particular evidence was the amount of dust, dirt, that had taken residence on crown molding, frames of doors and base boards. It took me most the morning and part of the afternoon, but the top 10 years accumilation has been evicted. Tomorrow I will work on the rest of it. Also there was a lot of posters hung up. Posters being the word used by 2 of my wife's nieces, who was friends with the girl who use to live here. 1/4 of the nails and screw were removed, but I still had plenty to do. I also took down the old door bell (out of commission), a holder for a newer doorbell, and a coat rack. And all the bumps in the paint are at worst a layer lower in paint, revealing the previous color. Now, behind the stove and fridge is another story. Actually a 2 for one. The side of the fridge next to the stove needs serious scrubbing. I've not fully peeled back, or off the wall paper used as a back splash. At least the used staples instead of properly pasting it to the wall. A bit behind plan, but have the cushion day of Friday.

Salvaged items for sale:
LOTH coat rack, Vintage doorbell, board with nail,  3/4 of a letter C. Will sell seperately. 
Act now and get free assorted (used) nails and screws.
All procedes go to future projects in repairing our new home.