Bedrooms

The south bedroom only took two days. We had enough but barely.

I opened all the boxes and sorted all the flooring by size. These boards are much shorter than the others. We are a bit worried that there might not be enough. I measured and counted and it seems we will be okay.

While Steven was working on the electrical, I painted and installed baseboard trim in the north bedroom. We are using corner pieces to give a more vintage look. The great thing is there is no mitering. The baseboard trim was trim we found that someone was giving away. We are using this room to store furniture for the airbnb.

We have installed the hickory flooring in the middle room. It is a lighter color and went in much easier than the north bedroom. The alcove is original to the house. That was the height of the second floor until we raised the roof.

The painted dresser is stripped, stained and finished. The drawers have quarter sawn wood and I am very happy with it.

The north bedroom flooring is installed and we are very happy with it. We had approximately 2 boxes of flooring left over which we hope to use in the hallway.

Steven decided there was a way to raise the radiator pipes so he removed the radiator again and installed flooring. It all had to be hand nailed and holes cut out for the radiator pipes but turned out good.

While Steven was working on this corner, I was stripping the body of the dresser. It did not go well and there is still much to do.

Had problems with the air nailer but once Steven figured it out the nailing went smoothly. All the boards are not the same width; so we had problems with extra spacing which we will fill later. The boards are nailed up to in front of the door.

Now what to do with the area under the radiator.

We picked up an old dresser that had been painted. Thankfully the mirror was not painted. Unfortunately, the owner had removed the ornate drawer pulls. I have stripped the drawers to reveal beautiful oak wood and a lovely gold metal key hole surround.