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Back to our regularly scheduled programming…

Finally back to working on the house!

First I had to re-vacuum the demolished area of the house to get up the rest of the insulation pieces scattered about. Then we took the leftover insulation to the dump (this time the insulation guy took as many bags as he could – we still have an attic full of bags of this stuff) – but the dump does take it for a small charge (and it turns out we can fit 7 bags in our truck at a time).

Once the demo area was cleared out we filled it up (with tools this time) – set up the saws and tables in the livingroom and moved the diningroom table out of the gym and back into the diningroom where it “belongs” 🙂

Once the gym was empty we got to work on the crown molding! We actually decided to change up how we were doing the molding entirely. Previously we were using a larger molding with a backerboard hidden under it to nail to. We decided to go with a smaller more flexible molding instead (the next size down) and use a piece of poplar as a decorative part of the molding and as a nailer. So the poplar is routed on one edge (the visible edge at the bottom) and it’s screwed in to the studs. Since the top is hidden it doesn’t have to hit the ceiling evenly, making it easier to keep at an even distance from the ceiling with our crazy bowed ceilings.

So it took all day but we got all 4 pieces ripped down to width, routed, coped and installed. Only one piece came out too small and we had to cut and route a 5th because of that.

DSCN0924 — Close up of the detail and the coping

Tomorrow we’re hoping to tackle the crown molding itself – oh goodie.

First coat of paint on the trim

After work last night I broke out the paint again 🙂 I got the second side of the door primed and then I put the first coat of paint on the window trim! Of course painting at night comes with lots of little tiny bugs that can fit through the screen so there were some casualties and there will need to be some sanding before the second coat now 🙂

First coat of paint on the window trim in the gym

Well the weather out-smarted us!

We had NO rain today – despite forecasts yesterday for rain all morning and thunderstorms in afternoon. All well – can’t complain about good weather however we had changed our weekend plans (my parents did not come out) because we expected rain.

So we continued to pretend it was raining and did indoor projects 🙂 First we did some shopping and ordered our new front door which will take a few weeks to come (and then I’ll have to finish it to match the other door).

Then we finally added the little bit we needed to the bottom of the bathroom door so it doesn’t have a big gap at the bottom.

And after much wood filling and sanding during the day (and more sanding, and more sanding), I finally ended the day with some priming! I got the window trim in the gym all primed and side one of the bathroom door!

DSCN0351 — Top of the window trim primed

DSCN0352 — Bottom of the window trim primed

DSCN0354 — Bathroom door - one side primed

And this week I’m hoping to continue priming/painting the windows in the gym and the bathroom door. Soon the bathroom will really be done!

Rainy Day – trim time

Hot, humid and rainy today. We decided to stick to indoor projects. First we started working on the crown molding in the gym again. We got the first piece coped and installed and started on the second.

DSCN0350 — First piece of crown molding up

Crown molding was a little rough on my arms (holding up above my head) so we switched to working on the window trim that was all stripped and ready to be installed. Since this window didn’t have the same fancy trim as the rest of the downstairs it had no window apron to strip and refinish. So we bought a new trim to be used and Ryan coped both ends – it came out great!

I got all the nail holes filled. Maybe this week I’ll have time to prime and paint the window trim so the gym will look a little more finished.

Tomorrow brings another day – another rainy day. I can’t wait 🙂