Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Radiator Covers Complete!
As I mentioned earlier, part of the saga of painting the trim has been noticing things that are different around the house but have really been in the background, unnoticed, until I go ahead and fix something and then they stand out. A great example would be our radiator covers. They're a great feature of the house (and I believe many of them are original based on the wood), but our dining room radiator didn't have one. So since I was taking the other ones off to paint them, I thought why not build one for it.
It wasn't a bad project to execute (hardest part was having to wait for the wood glue to dry before painting), but the results are well worth it!
Before:
After!
As in the way of these projects to create new projects,I've also started making wooden platforms for our potted plants, since even though we used saucers we were still getting some water damage on the surfaces. These are another really satisfying project since they're super simple and make such a big difference in appearance and function.
It wasn't a bad project to execute (hardest part was having to wait for the wood glue to dry before painting), but the results are well worth it!
Before:
After!
As in the way of these projects to create new projects,I've also started making wooden platforms for our potted plants, since even though we used saucers we were still getting some water damage on the surfaces. These are another really satisfying project since they're super simple and make such a big difference in appearance and function.
Sunday, April 3, 2016
A House with all its Trimmings
I'll lead off with the thought that houses, especially older houses, have an incredible amount of trim in them. Who would have thought that adding decorative strips of wood to doors and windows would make such a difference, but it really does. Trim is definitely one of those things that you don't realize is bad until it's really bad, and then when you fix it you realize what a difference it makes in how a house looks.
I've been interspersing some trim painting among the other puttering these past few weeks, but last weekend and this weekend were all about the trim (and a few other things...)
So some before pictures:
Our guestroom door (when we first moved in Shasta used it as her "wake up I have to go out" signal door. She's since stopped that, but the damage was done):
Then the stairs. I never realized how much you kick the back of a step when you're walking up them, but the proof is in the paint chips:
I also did the baseboards and window sills, but those are actually not so bad-door frames are killer for painting-so many edges-and we have simple trim! But the results were well worth the effort!
So pretty!
The steps were last weekend. This weekend was all about the upstairs doors.
The old axiom holds true-it's gotta look worse before it looks better:
Gotta remember to take off the hardware (something the previous owners rarely did)
I also did the radiator covers from downstairs (thus making sure that the NEXT bit of trim will be the living room):
As before, though, it really makes a difference when it's done!
There were some other projects mixed in too.
Finishing the fence in the back (I didn't like the post hanging out at the end uncovered):
Fixing (and cleaning) a leaky faucet (the french press is not actually part of the cleaning):
Finally a teaser of coming attractions...
I've been interspersing some trim painting among the other puttering these past few weeks, but last weekend and this weekend were all about the trim (and a few other things...)
So some before pictures:
Our guestroom door (when we first moved in Shasta used it as her "wake up I have to go out" signal door. She's since stopped that, but the damage was done):
Then the stairs. I never realized how much you kick the back of a step when you're walking up them, but the proof is in the paint chips:
I also did the baseboards and window sills, but those are actually not so bad-door frames are killer for painting-so many edges-and we have simple trim! But the results were well worth the effort!
So pretty!
The steps were last weekend. This weekend was all about the upstairs doors.
The old axiom holds true-it's gotta look worse before it looks better:
Gotta remember to take off the hardware (something the previous owners rarely did)
I also did the radiator covers from downstairs (thus making sure that the NEXT bit of trim will be the living room):
As before, though, it really makes a difference when it's done!
There were some other projects mixed in too.
Finishing the fence in the back (I didn't like the post hanging out at the end uncovered):
Fixing (and cleaning) a leaky faucet (the french press is not actually part of the cleaning):
Finally a teaser of coming attractions...
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