Today, I worked the real job. However, the next task that needed to be done was to paint. My wife is the diva of paint. She tackled the job of taping, edging, and rolling out the first coat of the deep blue color I selected. It’s very blue. I like it. It also beats the living daylights out of the washed out avocado color that was there before.
Gabe helped too.
After dinner, I edged and rolled the second coat of paint, so we should be done with this round of painting. Since we have not yet installed the stub wall and door yet, we’ll still need to paint a bit more, but that’s going to be a small job.
I think I’ve solved my header problem with the stub wall as well. Duh. I’m going to need a header to go across the floor joists above the door. That will be nailed solid into the joists. The stub wall header will just need to be braced against that. Done.
Looking Ahead
Tomorrow, I’ll be purchasing a solid core door (and possibly some new molding) and begin staining. I may also pull up the padding we’ve left down for the time being and start prepping the sub-floor for the new flooring. Pulling up the tack strips from the old carpet busted it up a bit and I need to fill in the divots. Once that’s done, I’ll be ready to put down the underlayment and laminate flooring.
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