Extra cabinets and tools moved to kitchen to clear dining room and living room for floor sanding.
Second floor landing railing
We found a railing at the Restore. It was a golde oak color. I sanded and steel wooled and then stained. I will darken it even more with a stain and polyurethane mixture. When I sanded I rounded all the sharp edges to give an older look.
original railing 
Sanded railing 
Stained railing
Filling in Flooring prior to Sanding
There were holes on each side of the living/ding doorway where bookcases used to be. Steven filled those spaces in with extra flooring before we sand. A china cabinet will be on one side and a bookcase on the other.
Ceramic walls installed to Ceiling
The tiles are installed up to the ceiling. We have decided to also tile the ceiling.
Bedroom door in Process
The original oak door was varnished; previous owners painted over the varnish. The first coat was a bright pink, the second coat was a heavy layer of white paint. Where the varnish had been in good shape, the paint peeled off easily, where the varnish was deteriorated it had to be scraped. The inner trim of the panels still had heavy paint which had to be scraped off. One side is stripped and stained finally.
White paint peeled off 
White paint over pink paint 
Bathroom mudding
We need to finish the wall behind the towel warmer radiator before it is installed. The wall consisted of rough cement board so Steven had to mud the entire wall. It is looking pretty good. We just can’t decide what color to paint the bathroom.
Rough Cement Board Partially Muddded 
Entire Wall Mudded/Ready for Sanding
Work on last radiator
To install the towel warmer radiator we need to finish the drywall behind it. This includes fixing the pocket door which had been making a noise every time it was opened. Steven finally removed it and discovered there was wood sticking out and catching. The bottom of the door was severely cracked. The noise disappeared. Now the drywall could be installed and the bath walls muddled.
drywalled pocket door
Muddled drywall
Second trip to ReStore
On the trip back to pick up the two chairs, we found more trim but also found a railing for the second floor landing, we also purchased a very old heavy iron door. It would be used for a trellis in front of the removed kitchen window. The railing will need to be darkened.
Ceramic shower
Today I began installing the ceramic tile. Finished half of the back wall.
ReStore Finds
The ReStore had .been greatly enlarged. Because of the COVID virus we had stayed away. today we went looking for trim. we found that and much more. I wanted to find a small bookcase we could use in the living room.across the doorway from the China cabinet. I found 6 chairs for $4 each. They were old with needlepointed rose seat coverings. We found 2 white support pillars for $9 each – value $90 each. We found a bunch of trim. We couldn’t get two chairs in the car so need to return tomorrow.
2 of 6 chairs 
Bookcase 
2 support pillars