We got a lot done this weekend – and quite a bit of relaxing time too so the weekend stretched out nicely.
Friday night Ryan helped me spackle the ceiling so we got the seams all taped on the ceiling (and 2 of the ceiling corners). Then I got the first half of a coat on the wall corners and a second coat on the wall seams.
Saturday we went shopping for the plywood for the built ins! There’s a lumber yard in Brentwood so we drove over there, got the plywood and checked out their hardwood supply. We’re going to order the hardwood in bulk (500 board feet) but the plywood we only needed 10 sheets so we picked that up and rushed home before the rain! Then we headed over to Brookline with our moldings to see if they could replicate them for us. Luckily for a knife fee they can! So we left that with them and plan to call in an order for the exact number and lengths of boards we need for moldings.
Finally we ended with a trip to home depot to get some wood to build some shelves in the basement to store our new plywood. Unfortunately by now it was raining so it was a rush home and unload job for sure. We spent the rest of the day in the basement, Ryan building the new shelving unit while I cleaned up the basement so I could help out when he needed me.
Saturday night I also got another coat of spackle done – I finished the wall corners first coat and got a third coat on the wall seams and screws so the wall seams are now finished and I just need to get the corners and ceiling done!
Saturday night - still wet
Ceiling taped
Wall seams finished (and dry)
Sunday we headed out shopping again – this time for some suits for Ryan and jeans for me. Then once home I set up the tvroom to strip the moldings/casings we plan to reuse. They are very detailed but I finally got a system together that is working out well. I even have some pictures of the “finished” pieces – I got 2 pieces done – I’m not even going to say how many we need to do total!
Step two: Paint stripper to get the rest off
All finished stripping - time to fill nails and give a quick sand
See – LONG weekend. I also finished my book this weekend – “The Dead Travel Fast” by Deanna Raybourn – it was awesome! And I love my kindle 🙂