to rewire lights downstairs, mathew had to open up the floor upstairs between our dining room and living room.
he also had to open up the floor in the living room.
(left) and he spent a lot of time in the last uninsulated crawl space next to the living room. (right) here is the new junction box mathew installed, next to the gas pipe that used to run downstairs for the gaslights.
my parents came over on saturday and helped with tape masking, trim filling, sanding and painting.
mathew worked on electrical wiring while i painted trim and closet/cabinet interiors (green!)
late that night we pulled up the special green paint masking tape and sadly it pulled up the primer and 2 layers of color. it didn’t happen everywhere but it did do quite a bit of damage, especially for something that was supposed to save us time. more sanding and painting will be needed.
on sunday i finally took some photos of the new pink paint in the living room. and you can see the green closet interior.
mathew and i spent almost all of sunday installing anaglypta on the wainscoting in the entry foyer and hallway. it is applied like wallpaper but with a heavy weight paste. because it is paper the moisture from the paste can make the paper expand so it is applied to the wall and then trimmed in place.
this new anaglypta is not as obvious as the thicker lincrusta we removed, but because it’s a very frilly, victorian look we like that it doesn’t stand out too much. it will be painted the same semi-gloss white as the trim so it doesn’t add color but subtle texture and interest below the chair rail.