sorry, too much time has gone by since my last post. 1) we’ve been busy. 2) i’ve been lazy. 3) we’ve barely taken any photos (there’s only so much paint stripping you can photograph.) 4) mathew was in new york visiting his brother. 5) and there was one more reason that i’ve forgotten…
mathew installing new picture rail in the hall. (he wanted me to mention that this was a two-person job. i helped and took photos afterwards.)
(left) yay! i stripped all the paint on the door frame and double doors between my office and the living room. (now i just need to sand them…) (right) the foyer with new plaster and stripped wood, ready for paint.
(left) foyer baseboards after paint stripping (ick.) (right) baseboards after sanding (ahh.)
this time around we’re painting with an industrial paint sprayer, this involves masking everything we don’t want painted.
mark moved out at the end of november. mathew opened the door that was sealed shut between the bedroom and living room. and on monday he pulled up the carpet to find foam padding and linoleum.
(left) the picture rail in the foyer. unfortunately in most places it has been stubbornly unstripable. the paint just chipped off of this section to reveal red and gold underneath. (right) we received this weird cauliflower cousin in our organic box delivery today. i’m sure many of our smarty-pants friends and family know what this vegetable is called. i don’t feel like looking it up at the moment, but we thought it was really cool looking.