House Updates (August 2012, part II)

Swanky was home this weekend to run Hood to Coast (I'm obviously out of commission... ) and try and finish up the electrical work in the library. Much to his surprise David had been working in the room for the past two weeks! Here's a progression over the past few months.

 



June 2012 - with the hardwoods refinished

Early August 2012 - plaster repair and electrical in progress

Mid August 2012 - skim coated walls, wood trim repair in progress

He had already skim coated the the walls with an additional coat of plaster and put the headers back on top of the doors and windows... WOW!!

So between David and Joe, there is working electrical, smooth walls and trim almost ready to be painted!

I'm home in a few weeks for my shower and looking forward to seeing all our friends and family as well as this room!

House Updates (August 2012)

Earlier in August, we traveled back to Portland to celebrate our 4 year wedding anniversary and of course, spent a few hours working on the house... Swanky spent, actually, the majority of the weekend working on this room as he missed it so much (seriously, I'm not kidding)!

What were we working on? The Library room, which was almost done with the electrical rewiring and needing some serious plaster repair. Here's how we left it on Sunday - all roughed in (just need to land the circuit) and walls patched (just needed some sanding)...

What else does the Library Room need? It's missing some trim across the top of the window and door headers, and lots and lots of paint.

In other news, the banister paint striping and restaining that my cousin David has been working on is BEAUTIFUL!! And we also discovered some old wallpaper that was hiding behind a hideous paint job in the entry.