It has been a while since my last post because we have been busy fixing the house.
The back right room (future office) is almost completely done. The drywall has been finished, primed, painted. The windows have been trimmed out with new casing that is a close match to the existing including the rosettes. I built new interior stools including routering a 3/4" bullnosed edge. We installed new crown moulding throughout.
In between finishing the office and starting the dining room I have been working on the hall outside the office. This should be ready for photos and paint before thanksgiving. It is tough to prioritize a hallway.
As soon as the office was showing progress I started the mud in the dining room. This room has 3 exiting walls and one new wall with the french doors. One of the walls was in such bad shape I had to cover it with new drywall. In addition to the new french doors it has a door to the kitchen and two windows with original trim. The kitchen door had ugly 70s trim which has been removed and replaced with a style similar to the original purchased from Grossmans for 1/8 the price of Lowe's. All of the walls have had chair rail installed at the same height as the original. The two original walls had a texture that looked similar to grass cloth. I was able to find a texture paint from Behr that provided instructions to match the grass cloth. We spent last night attempting to apply it, but wore most of it. It should be dry by tomorrow allowing primer and paint. The ceiling was also painted yesterday allowing the installation of the light fixture.
Today I started patching the plaster in the living room hopefully allowing this room to be painted in the next few weeks. Two weeks ago we hired a professional drywall taper to complete most of the new taping. He did an excellent job requiring minimal touch up from me.
Last week I built a new shed so now the outside stuff has a home for winter. During this vacation the door in the mudroom was removed and a new pre hung unit installed.
The back right room (future office) is almost completely done. The drywall has been finished, primed, painted. The windows have been trimmed out with new casing that is a close match to the existing including the rosettes. I built new interior stools including routering a 3/4" bullnosed edge. We installed new crown moulding throughout.
In between finishing the office and starting the dining room I have been working on the hall outside the office. This should be ready for photos and paint before thanksgiving. It is tough to prioritize a hallway.
As soon as the office was showing progress I started the mud in the dining room. This room has 3 exiting walls and one new wall with the french doors. One of the walls was in such bad shape I had to cover it with new drywall. In addition to the new french doors it has a door to the kitchen and two windows with original trim. The kitchen door had ugly 70s trim which has been removed and replaced with a style similar to the original purchased from Grossmans for 1/8 the price of Lowe's. All of the walls have had chair rail installed at the same height as the original. The two original walls had a texture that looked similar to grass cloth. I was able to find a texture paint from Behr that provided instructions to match the grass cloth. We spent last night attempting to apply it, but wore most of it. It should be dry by tomorrow allowing primer and paint. The ceiling was also painted yesterday allowing the installation of the light fixture.
Today I started patching the plaster in the living room hopefully allowing this room to be painted in the next few weeks. Two weeks ago we hired a professional drywall taper to complete most of the new taping. He did an excellent job requiring minimal touch up from me.
Last week I built a new shed so now the outside stuff has a home for winter. During this vacation the door in the mudroom was removed and a new pre hung unit installed.
