Showing posts with label living room. Show all posts
Showing posts with label living room. Show all posts

Sunday, November 28, 2010

It has been 1O months...

...since I last posted.

Here's what I have been doing since then.

January... got rid of all the old knob and tube wiring in the basement


The house is all rewired but there is still old stuff in the garage. Do you like this tuna can receptacle?


February, March and April in were spent in a funk and I couldn't get my mind around doing anything but sorting Legos














May
Worked on the sewing studio


June
Stripped the stairs and landing


July
Spent three weeks in China!!

Hangzhou


Shanghai


Beijing

Three wonderful weeks visiting my son and his girlfriend and seeing as much of China as possible.

August
Tore up the kitchen floor and emptied out the main level of the house



September
Had all the wood floors stripped, sanded and refinished


October, November
Stripping trim, restoring windows, painting, aargh it has been a full year. The house is still empty and working like crazy to get the windows back in their frames.

Monday, January 26, 2009

More plaster repair

2 parts StructoLite to 1 part Diamond Veneer Finish makes a good scratch coat to repair the plaster that fell off the walls when the baseboards were removed in the living room.


I sprayed the old lath with water before applying the plaster. It is fairly easy to work with. Especially when I know it will be totally covered up.


This is an outside wall so repairing the plaster helps cut down on the drafts. It has been cold here.

I am so glad to be putting things together rather than tearing them apart. Still lots of trim to strip, though.