here’s what happened last weekend…
on saturday my parents came to help with paint prep, sanding and painting in the downstairs living room.
(left) the primer is white so the room doesn’t look that different yet… (right) on sunday we started working on the foyer. i stripped paint on the outside of the living room door trim.
(left) months ago mathew had agreed to refinish a teak table for mark’s new cafe. since we’ve got too much on our plates these days, he had mark and his girlfriend atsuko help out with the sanding and polyurethane.
mathew started demo on this corner of the foyer. there was a leak that damaged the wall and trim. mathew spent the rest of the day reworking bad/dangerous wiring.
here is the picture rail covered in many layers of paint. i uncovered lots of white, beige, red and gold! but this paint wasn’t coming off as easily as upstairs and the trim in the corner was damaged beyond recognition so we’ve decided to replace the picture rail in this small room.
sorry for the boring post…