Eating Our Lunch

I had no idea what I was in for when I asked for Craftsman style trim for the doors and windows!  I found a picture of some beautiful woodwork, and Dad-o began crafting it for me.  He got most of it put in place (15 doorways - both sides, and 8 windows).  I was loving it!

 and then we realized that we hadn't done nearly enough sanding.  So down came all the millions of pieces, and we began sanding.

Then we found that there were many imperfections to patch. Then more sanding. More patching. Then it was on to primer. Sanding. Paint. More sanding.  This project is eating our lunch!

 

We're working on painting the trim for only the rooms that have already been painted (1 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, and the hall).  The rest of the trim will be reinstalled in the other rooms where there is only primer on the walls and we'll use the paint gun to give them a quick coat of primer and a coat or two of paint.

But what about the fireplace trim?  I guess it's coming down as well.  Oh man.

We have done so many things in the wrong order on this house!  If we had known what we were doing we would have sanded and patched all the trim and then installed it before we sprayed primer on all the rooms.  What an adventure this is!  We'll be pros if we are ever crazy enough to take on a project of this magnitude again :)

So Close!

We could see the finished bathroom!  It was almost a done deal!  The walls are painted, the tile is down,

 

 

The vanities are in place and ready to have the plumbing connected, and the light fixtures I provided were dutifully hung.  Oops!  They are antique nickel instead of brushed!  Down they come.  Then,

 

 

 we discovered that the drain pipes have been installed incorrectly (too high in the wall) and can't be connected to the sinks.  Ahhhh.....we were so close! 

 But, we moved the vanities out of the way,

 

 

 cut a hole in the wall, all the way across the room and had the pipes moved.  I thought I had a picture of the devastation but it isn't at my fingertips at the moment.  Here's the nearly repaired wall.  Now we wait for mud to dry, texture to be added, and then I will paint the wall again and we will replace the vanities.  And the light fixtures, in the correct color :)

 

                That's ok.  Just another little bump in Renovation Road!