mathew did some holiday baking! (he’s applying glue to the underside of a ceiling medallion.) isn’t it pretty?
after attaching it to the ceiling and securing it with boards and screws, mathew realized the medallion wasn’t sitting evenly on the ceiling and would require too much filling to hide the gaps. so he removed the medallion, scraped off the glue and sanded the medallion flat then reapplied the glue and secured it to the ceiling. the next evening there were still large gaps between the ceiling and the medallion and mathew figured he had no choice but to fill the gaps (even though it goes against his perfectionist tendencies) because the ceiling was also uneven. he was really upset at how badly it had gone but while removing the securing boards and screws the medallion fell off completely! so now he has a 3rd chance to make it perfect. sitting in the trash is the “Power Grab” glue that he used. it was not powerful, nor did it grab.
in our bedroom we have a space with a door leading to the backyard stairs that is without insulation or even interior wall panels. it makes our bedroom COLD. we decided i could steal this door from down in the garage because it will fit the doorway in our bedroom. the previous owners had this weird plywood panel bolted to the top and i’m removing it so we can put glass in it.
sunday night the painting began. mathew got to use his industrial paint sprayer for the first time. it is incredible how fast this thing is. the test closet was done in minutes.
next he moved on to painting the living room. it’s primer so it went on the ceiling and trim. the paint sprayer is FAST but it’s also noisy, creates a fine mist of paint in the air and takes about an hour to clean. but the foyer, hall and living room were done in just a couple of hours instead of a couple of days or weekends.
here i am masking a door that will be polyurethaned. mathew thought my outfit was a crack-up, i had a plastic bag on my head to protect my knit cap from the paint. (maybe he was laughing at my goggles and respirator too?) (right) the newly painted living room.