Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Baseboards

The time finally came when the baseboards needed to be refinished.  The boards were all way to long to fit into our vehicles so we had to wait till we could work on them in the basement at the farm.  We carried them all in and discovered in order to fit downstairs the boards had to go in and out via the Butler's Pantry window!

The racks Jason built to hold all of the boards for them to dry in between steps.  We had to strip, denatured alcohol, stain, shellac, and apply a coat of poly to each board.

A view of some of the boards and the workshop


Removing old nails



Jason and Eli working away on the trim





My Dad working on the trim.  He spent many days up here working on the trim in our basement.  He learned every song played on KDWB!

Some of the baseboards in the spare bedroom

Master bedroom


Living room

Up close of the baseboards.  The base round still needed to go on yet.

another view







We didn't have enough of the old trim tomake it around all of the new walls.  This is a picture of the stain on the new boards.  The stain looks different, but is mostly used on the 3rd floor so you can't notice it too much.





Finished Kitchen Preview

We've been slightly busy and the blog posts haven't been updated for a very long time.  I'll try and get caught up.

The kitchen cabinets were installed and we had the granite people come out and measure.  After the guy came out and measured he came back with the actual cost which turned out to be significantly different than the original quote.  After some phone calls and visit to other granite stores we ended up paying the extra charge because we were in a time crunch.  What turned out to be a good deal, ended up being a not so good deal, but when you have a deadline you're kind of stuck.

We are very happy with the end result and the granite looks great.








We added the original wainscoting to the back of the peninsula.

My Dad made this rolling island for us.  This was originally the kitchen sink.  He added wheels a back and some trim and painted it black and hand waxed it.  I love how it turned out, he did a great job.