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.