Ding ding ding! Your goal for today has been ACCOMPLISHED!

I feel like I should hang a “mission accomplished” banner over the pocket door frame.  Of course, the last time I saw someone do that, the “mission” never really ended.  So yeah, we’re not doing that. 

We did finish the pocket door frame today, though, so that’s highly awesome.  It got its first coat of shellac, just like the other window.  I’m going to work tomorrow on scraping the baseboard, then scraping the remainder of the inside of the door frame to the hallway.  Then I’ll sand whatever I can get sanded.  We decided tonight to let the outside of the door frame to the hallway wait until we have the rest of the room pretty much wrapped-up.  It needs some more stripping in a few spots, and has the potential to eat a lot of time.  It is one of the pieces that we can actually finish after the holidays, if necessary.  We don’t need to have it finished for painting to take place, so it can get cut.  Also, as long as we have the first coat of shellac on all of the woodwork, I’m comfortable taping things off and painting.  We can add more shellac after the fact.  The first coat will make it possible for us to wipe off any drips as we go.  I’m going to put on as many coats as I can on everything, though.  Since it usually dries in an hour, I have the potential to get at least two coats on in an evening. 

Tomorrow should be interesting.  I need to do as much as I can. 

jonathan