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 :)