Allan

Floyd and I worked hard yesterday and finally got rid of the remaining green and cream paint in the living room doorways. Next: stain, polyurethane, … what else?

And now, for my next trick, I must turn this…

into this…

to finish this.

Wish me luck.

Well, the first cut isn’t bad 

The tongue and groove still has to be made. Only 5 3/4 more 2x6s to go.

Now that these are stained and urethaned, back they go.

Now that that’s done, there’s paint to strip, window frames to stain, stairs to sand, and walls to mud.

The painting continues from yesterday.

I wonder if Mrs M Parfitt has paid her balance yet.

What do you think? (This is the living room, BTW.)

It seems a no-brainer.

Should I give up rhyming?

Floyd and I looked at the drywall in the sun room yesterday.  It was damaged at the top and just didn’t match the rest of the room.  What’s more, it was yellow! “Just pull it off then,” Floyd said.  So we did.  I got four new panels the same as yesterday’s.  All the painted paneling and drywall will return to oak paneling.  I spent yesterday staining them, and today they are polyurethaned.  (Yes, I’m aware that polyurethane is not a verb.)

attempt at removing old yellow paint from oak paneling (took bloody forever):

yesterday’s paneling:

pulling off old painted paneling:

insulating while there’s a chance to do so:

today’s urethaning:

Shane and I completed the knock-down wall surfacing last night. In case you have never heard of this, knock-down texture is spackling texture with a flattened surface.

This is what it looks like before paint.

The urethane is almost done. Now the paint begins.

Shane decided a skim coat was needed for the dining room and kitchen before the texture is applied. Once it’s dried, he’ll come in with his sprayer and apply the textured coat, smooth it, and sand it. After that, I’ll paint.

Floyd and I have been working on the window frames, stripping the paint, sanding, filling holes (with the right colour), and urethaning. I’d say they look good and match the rest of the window frames.

Nearing the finish line for interior work.