Day 10

I know... I missed a day yesterday but every other day is working out pretty well too.

Since the last post I've completed painting the crown molding and moved on to working on the walls. The sheetrock is a little torn up from taking the wallpaper off, but nothing beyond the brown paper layer showing in a few places. To start fixing that little problem I found out that the best way to start is by priming the wall, then using a joint compound to fill in the low spots. When I tried the joint compound first it bubbled the gray paper from the moisture. Primer does that a lot less so now I'll be able to smooth out the two or three low spots.

The hole in the picture was covered up underneath the layer of floral wallpaper. I guess the first owners had a hand towel holder there, which really isn't a bad idea. I may go ahead and put one in because the idea is kind of growing on me...



The cabinets came in today too. Of course I can't actually install any of them yet but it's nice to have them around.






I also found out from test fitting the panels below the bathtub that the tub isn't installed level and that will have to be fixed in order for the panel to fit. Joy. That day will come soon enough, but for now plans are to finish up with the walls and do the plaster. I know that the hardware and light decision hasn't been made yet but I have to move on. The locations of existing holes will be marked down in case they're needed, but they will be filled in. I'm hoping the walls will be ready tomorrow and then we can move on to the plaster work on Friday. So far it's turned out to be a good decision because sanding and priming them makes a huge mess and it's nice not to have to keep that stuff from getting the floor dirty since that tile will be gone soon.

One thing I've learned from this project is to try and keep the place clean at the end of each day. With the wood floor work I didn't, kind of because it really took over our ground floor. But with this, it really helps keep all the work contained to one room and keep the dust and everything else from escaping and turning the whole house into what feels like a construction zone.