Which brings us to now. And the project that won't quite get finished got a big push this weekend. The stairs looked like this way back in September - December.
Then in December the treads were put on. And then last month I managed to paint the risers. Which left putting the last bits of trim on. And this weekend I did it! The trim is on. So, even though I still need to caulk the trim and touch up one piece of trim with paint, it is getting a big old DONE stamp on it. This is what it looks like today. Yippee!
Of course, now the carpet needs work where it came loose on the landing. And it needs to be replaced anyway. I might work on that soon. Fixing, not replacing. Get the glue gun out or something.
While I was at it, I painted the wall around the new door, another wall that has been primer white since right after we moved in (almost 5 years ago) and touched up a few other places. This is what it looked like before.
Then we put up the moulding and the art and yippee, skippy, it looks so good. See for yourself. I still need to paint the moulding (I thought I had already cut the door moulding, but we couldn't find it.) and caulk around it. But doesn't it look so much better. Even Velcro's towel hook is up again.
Of course now the kitchen floor looks uglier, but that is another post.
5 comments:
what a great feeling to get those chores done.
we still haven't carpeted the basement stairs that were built last summer for boscoe.
perhaps you could come over?
Good job getting those jobs done. Isn't it true, you paint the wall and the floor looks awful, you fix the floor and something else needs to be replaced.
Good for you!! The results are gorgeous. We've been "renovating" for years now. One step at a time I guess...
Isn't this in preparation for a critical visitor? Job well done!!
Not critical as in important, critical as in judgmental.
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