September 23, 2009
Amber is the expert on textured paint :) She will be more than happy to do it for you!
Final layer of ceiling paint! YAY!
Cleaned stain glass window
Kilz primer, 5 gallons total, on all walls/ceiling
Sand paint! UGH! Read Amber's post about this experience
Amber was going to use our entire budget on sample paint I thought :)\
Renee comes over to see our progress and gives us a hand
Vaspar ceiling paint, goes on purple, dries white! Great to makes sure no spots are missed
Rented this sander to hit the kitchen floors to make sure we would be able to restore them. Looks like we can which will save about $1,600
Looking better
It'll be perfect!
Another shot
Final living room wall color choice
Rolled the walls and would have to edge all corners and near the ceiling
Things are coming together on these rooms
Cabinets coming down
Molding coming down
Why do my eyes look so big and the mask foggy? Any what the heck am I doing with this gear?
Final view of the sink area before it is dismantled and the sink is dropped into new cabinets
Painting really pissed me off, so I took my anger out in the kitchen
A decision was made to gut the entire kitchen .. oh my hands will be full the next few days! New electrical (where needed), plumbing, gas line, and insulation with drywall will be installed.
The nook .. and the wall saga. The little nook walls are supporting walls to the structure. We may remove but will have to run a new joist. Decision will come soon.
The plaster is hard like cement, the lath board is held by tons of screws, what a gigantic and dirty mess. When I get off my ladder lath board nails stick into my boots .. more cuts, bruises, wounds, than I ever imagine.
Carefully removed molding around doors/windows so we can reuse if we decide to strip the 800 layers of paint on them.
Prep work is critical. I removed molding and all work near electrical first before I went demo crazy.
It's coming down
In the work zone, tearing things up
This mask was the best purchase ever. The dust was insane .. lath board dust, plaster, 80 years of buildup!
The metal grates in the wall were incredibly heavy with the cement/plaster material on them. I removed in whole pieces, probably 100lbs per wall length (10 feet or so).
A stray piece of plaster cracked me hard .. bent my glasses and gave me one heck of a gash. I look tough now, swollen eye and all!
After a long day of demo we kicked back with some margaritas :)