Small Progress & Window Treatment Options

So I didn’t get began working till a lot later than normal. I used to be so enthusiastic about making an attempt out the fake marble counter tops for the washer and dryer cupboards, in order that’s what I supposed to spend my day doing. I wasted time going to House Depot, buying the plywood and provides wanted, after which realized that I had gotten approach forward of myself. I actually wanted to put in the trim on the wallpapered partitions earlier than forging forward with the counter tops. In my pleasure concerning the counter tops, I had forgotten that I’ve to kneel and stand on these counter tops to put in the crown molding in these areas.

However I’ve been utilizing my miter noticed to chop a complete lot of metallic objects recently (just like the metallic closet rods), and the blade on my miter noticed was shot. Reducing wooden molding with that blade was concerning the equal of making an attempt to hack away at it with a series noticed and get good cuts. So earlier than placing that reduce into my good piece of molding, I needed to change the blade. And naturally, I couldn’t get the screws off of the noticed. After all it couldn’t simply be a straightforward change. Yesterday wasn’t the day for simple. It was like these screws had been welded on. It took me about 45 minutes to do a job that ought to have taken about 5 minutes. However I lastly received it carried out.

Then I went to nail the crown molding into place, and my air compressor stopped working. I’ve identified for a few weeks that it was in all probability on its final leg. It had began making a metallic rattling sound once I turned it on, however I believed it might a minimum of get me by way of this closet challenge. But it surely determined yesterday, as I used to be up on the ladder, holding the lengthy piece of crown molding in place with one hand and my nail gun within the different hand, that that was the second it was carried out.

So I needed to make one more journey to House Depot to select up this new little pancake Porter Cable air compressor. The timing wasn’t ideally suited, however I’ve to confess, I really like any excuse to purchase new instruments. 😀 Simply look how fairly and glossy it’s! That gained’t final lengthy, although. 😀

I really like this little pancake air compressor, and if you happen to’re in search of one which’s small and moveable, however highly effective sufficient to do nearly any job a DIYer would wish to do, I extremely suggest this one. That outdated one lasted me for a lot of, a few years, and received me by way of each challenge I’ve carried out on this home up to now, from framing out home windows and doorways to constructing furnishings and every thing in between.

So as soon as I used to be again with my new air compressor, I used to be lastly capable of get the trim put in. I received the highest (pieced) crown molding up, the window trim re-installed, and the baseboard in place.

I don’t know if you happen to can see the place I needed to piece collectively the crown molding. It’s about 16 inches to the left of the nook.

When piecing trim collectively, I all the time reduce at a 45-degree angle as an alternative of chopping the 2 items with a straight reduce. I believe that 45-degree angle helps to cover the joint significantly better. And naturally, I nonetheless must do some wooden filling and sanding on that joint. I believe it’ll just about disappear when it’s completed, but it surely nonetheless frustrates me that I had to do this within the first place.

By the point I received all of these items reduce and put in, it was already after 8:00. And I don’t like utilizing my energy instruments exterior after 8:00pm. In order that’s it. I needed to name it a day. I received the entire nail holes wooden crammed in order that I can get them sanded right now. I nonetheless want to chop and set up the crown molding for the facet partitions and the ends of the cupboards. Then I’ll should do a little bit of caulking, after which I can paint.

All the trim on that wall will probably be painted the identical coloration as the cupboards. This would be the solely room in the home that doesn’t have white trim, however I believe the blue will probably be significantly better. Seeing that white (primed) trim on that wall simply appears to be like misplaced.

On one other matter, final evening once I stood again to admire my tiny little bit of progress 😀 , I received to desirous about that window.

I had initially deliberate to place the window shade again up, and I nonetheless may try this. I clearly want privateness since it is a closet, and I’ll be getting wearing right here. That window faces the road, and I don’t actually wish to be placing on a present for my neighbors and passersby every day. So my authentic plan was to place the shade again up, decrease it in order that the highest portion of the window is roofed by the shade, after which put privateness window movie on the decrease half. That approach, some pure gentle can nonetheless come into the room.

However the shade I’ve is darkish, and it actually doesn’t go within the room anymore. Or does it? Right here’s a reminder of the colour…

I spent some huge cash on that shade (it’s lined with blackout lining and sized to suit the window completely), so I actually don’t wish to buy one other lined shade for the window. I had thought-about making an attempt to bleach it with wooden bleach. That could be an fascinating experiment. I actually don’t assume it must match the ground, however I would love it to be a bit lighter than it’s now.