Busy day. In addition to completing a class for my telework requirement, and administering e-Learning to two elementary school children, I got the following done:
66. ✅ Roll out the area rug in the basement
Not worth a photo, because the rug is kind of old and ugly, but I'm all about decluttering these days. The rug was just rolled up along one wall, taking up a lot of space. Rolling it out on the floor not only reclaims that space, but also gives the kids a more comfortable place to play compared with a cold basement laminate floor. I know it sounds easy, but this took a lot of time and effort, because I basically had to remove everything from the room, including a chest freezer and two large pieces of exercise equipment.
58. ✅ Add blackout material to the irregular dining room window.
In the three rooms of the house where we spend most of our time, there are large irregular trapezoidal windows. They look great because they let in a lot of natural light. The bad thing is that they also let in a lot of heat in the summer, and we don't have air conditioning. We already have cloth screens covering them to try to filter some of the light, but it's just not enough. I purchased some blackout material with the intention of recovering those screens to be more light-blocking. Unfortunately while attempting a proof of concept with the dining room screen, I butchered the hell out of the cloth. As I was dumping the shredded cloth in the garbage, a light went on and I remembered a roll of adhesive white shelf paper in the closet. On a whim I grabbed the roll, cut a sheet to size, and stuck it right onto the window pane. I had to wait until the afternoon to see the effects, but seems to more effectively block the light. I think this will be my strategy going forward with the other two windows. And if it continues to be a problem we'll also look into hanging some curtains somehow.
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