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Mission Accomplished, Part II
Jenny and I spent just about all day today working on the baseboards in the room, and I'm happy to say that they are sanded and ready for finish! We were trying to…
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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…
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Zero work today
After picking up our chandelier for the living room (woo hoo!), picking up groceries and cat food, and coming home to make dinner, I was tired. I didn't do any meaningful work on…
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I wish I had a few more arms
More work tonight. I didn't get nearly as much finished as I had hoped, though. My plan for tonight was to complete finish sanding the pocket door frame. Yesterday was spent sanding through…
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Dusty dust dust dust
After Jenny and I got home today, I went to start working on the room a bit. My goal was to get as much sanding as possible finished on the pocket door frame. …
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Odd conversations
Sometimes, I take my lunch break and get a quick sandwich or something, then go over to a nearby Starbucks to get my Favorite Drink (venti shaken passion tea lemonade, unsweetened!). Sometimes I'll…
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Forward progress is a good thing
My Mom came over this evening to give us a hand in the room. We got some more stripping finished. The big frame around the pocket doors is ready for sanding. The frame…
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The other window: DONE!
Today was another day of good progress. Thanks to the work we did yesterday, today we were able to get the other window in the room done with its first coat of shellac. …
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Mmmm.. the smell of stripper in the air
We needed some sleep this morning, so we slept-in a bit. We were up and moving by 10AM, though. The first job for today was to get the one chair from the room…
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The Window! It’s Finally Done!
... at least as done as it is going to be this time around. It was a busy push until the end, but we did it! The trim and frame managed to get…