it’s funny (or not!) how it really does have to get ugly before it gets pretty.
(left) stripping paint. (right) stripping more paint.
we now have two heat guns! last weekend the original heat gun died so mathew bought another one. and during the week he successfully fixed the broken one. and then there were two. now we can both strip paint at the same time. yay! more paint fumes!
(left) removing anaglypta in the entry. (right) stripping adhesive in the built-in hall cabinet.
(left) mathew built me this little paint stripping cove to protect my office from dust, paint chips and fumes. (right) and look, here i am doing more paint stripping! (big surprise.)
(left) the anaglypta in the entry was pretty badly damaged by a leak. (right) mold was hiding under the anaglypta.
(left) mathew took over the anaglypta and wallpaper removal in the entry while i moved on to finishing the paint stripping on the built-in cabinet. (right) this is what we looked like all weekend. actually, i pretty much wear the respirator mask all weekend, every weekend. whenever mark’s girlfriend, atsuko sees me she laughs; i guess it’s a pretty funny sight. and she’s started calling us “house monsters.” yes, we are creatures who lurk around, destroying things, making bad smells, loud noises and causing chaos.