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The carpeting is all removed from the first floor of the new house, but the wood underneath it is not great. At some point in history, it looks like the floor was painted, but only on the edges; the centers of the rooms are just raw wood. They must have put decorative carpets over those areas. And it also looks like they painted the walls and just splattered paint recklessly about the place.
So now i have to figure out what to do. I thought about trying to refinish the floors myself. I've used a floor buffer a few times, but that's about it. Maybe I can learn how to use these machines. Bamboo flooring looks like it would be a good option because it wouldn't really require much labor apart from cutting it, and the wood is supposed to be harder than other woods, amongst other benefits. I am getting excited about home improvement projects now.
The one thing I am really not looking forward to is cleaning out the basement. It looks like it will take years, and it's not even a big basement. It's just so cluttered with stuff. And I am worried I will uncover something dead or rotting. There is a cabinet that appears to have some sort of preserves in jars in it and I only took a glance at them, but they look terrible. And there are cobwebs everywhere in the ceiling, which is not very high from the ground. A person who is very much over 6 feet tall I think would have to duck a bit in the basement.
I found a dark red paint I think I would like to use for one of the rooms. It is called "Mark Twain House Brown." I'm looking at golds and greens too, but I just keep accumulating more color swatches. The rooms to paint are: a hallway, a living room, a kitchen, and a dining room (but I don't think I will actually use it that way.) I might paint the bathrooms too. I'm not sure if the basement would be worth painting.
I've started looking at books for the new course today as well. My plan is to transition the course from "art since 1960" to "art since 1990." It just seems so outdated to divide the 20th century around 1960; I imagine that the only reason that happened was that at some point in the 90s it felt like there had come to be too much time in "art since 1945" so it was changed to 1960.
If I make it something like "art since 1990," it could actually be a sensible companion course with the theory class, and it wouldn't be that difficult to make the courses substantially different. I've got a few books on order through OhioLink that I will look at and see what I can put together. For most of the time I've been teaching I've wanted to not use a textbook, but now I think I might as well. If people are serious about art, they are going to have to get used to buying and reading books. And I don't think people really read the assignments I put online.
So now i have to figure out what to do. I thought about trying to refinish the floors myself. I've used a floor buffer a few times, but that's about it. Maybe I can learn how to use these machines. Bamboo flooring looks like it would be a good option because it wouldn't really require much labor apart from cutting it, and the wood is supposed to be harder than other woods, amongst other benefits. I am getting excited about home improvement projects now.
The one thing I am really not looking forward to is cleaning out the basement. It looks like it will take years, and it's not even a big basement. It's just so cluttered with stuff. And I am worried I will uncover something dead or rotting. There is a cabinet that appears to have some sort of preserves in jars in it and I only took a glance at them, but they look terrible. And there are cobwebs everywhere in the ceiling, which is not very high from the ground. A person who is very much over 6 feet tall I think would have to duck a bit in the basement.
I found a dark red paint I think I would like to use for one of the rooms. It is called "Mark Twain House Brown." I'm looking at golds and greens too, but I just keep accumulating more color swatches. The rooms to paint are: a hallway, a living room, a kitchen, and a dining room (but I don't think I will actually use it that way.) I might paint the bathrooms too. I'm not sure if the basement would be worth painting.
I've started looking at books for the new course today as well. My plan is to transition the course from "art since 1960" to "art since 1990." It just seems so outdated to divide the 20th century around 1960; I imagine that the only reason that happened was that at some point in the 90s it felt like there had come to be too much time in "art since 1945" so it was changed to 1960.
If I make it something like "art since 1990," it could actually be a sensible companion course with the theory class, and it wouldn't be that difficult to make the courses substantially different. I've got a few books on order through OhioLink that I will look at and see what I can put together. For most of the time I've been teaching I've wanted to not use a textbook, but now I think I might as well. If people are serious about art, they are going to have to get used to buying and reading books. And I don't think people really read the assignments I put online.