Exciting House Times

[Waski_the_Squirrel]

I have lived in my current house for several years. The previous owner was great at starting projects, but not finishing them. Over the years, I've been finishing her projects, and I took one summer off due to injury that made work impossible.

This summer, my project is trim around the doors. I am very glad that I live in a small house! I just took delivery on 4" mdf and some outside corner pieces. The mdf comes in 16 foot lengths. Laying in here on the floor, it stretches almost the full length of the house. If it weren't for the kitchen addition, it is actually too long to fit in the original part of the house! It really brings home just how small my house is.

Anyway, I want to share my progress and, in a few days, hopefully share the final product.

Here is the wall in question when I first moved in. The rug in the bedroom is because the previous owner randomly stopped installing the floor.



Here is after I installed the rest of the floor (not visible) and I closed off one of the doors. I figured the bedroom only needed one door!



So then I had to prime and paint. Painting the ceiling in the living room white instead of brown did wonders for that room.



I know bright colors aren't to everyone's taste, but putting on this paint was almost magical. It made the room come alive.



And I just took this one with the iPad. I'll be putting trim around these doors as well as other doors in the house.



So, stay tuned. I will paint the doors, and I have a new (but old fashioned) doorknob for the bedroom. I was surprised you can still buy the old-fashioned style doorknobs! I also will be installing the trim as soon as the loaner nailer gets here. With mdf, I need a special nailer.

[Pelikan-Vera]

nice that has brightened up the room no end. thumbs up. Vera

[MY63]

Nice work, from my experience don't expect the corners to be 90 degrees none of ours were I marked each one to the frame in the end.
Looking forward to seeing the finished job.

[Lady Onogaro]

We painted our kitchen in about that shade of yellow (it was green when we moved in), and it really made it quite a cheerful place. I do believe the colors of your walls make a bit difference on how much you enjoy a room. What color will the trim on the doors be?

[Crazyorange]

Awesome job.

[Waski_the_Squirrel]

We painted our kitchen in about that shade of yellow (it was green when we moved in), and it really made it quite a cheerful place. I do believe the colors of your walls make a bit difference on how much you enjoy a room. What color will the trim on the doors be?

It's called "Tahitian Vanilla" but that's a fancy word for "almost white". I'm still waiting on the nailer for putting up the trim, but I started painting the doors and door frames. I should have painted the doors years ago. It's already a night and day difference!

[Waski_the_Squirrel]

The doors are painted. The bedroom doorknob is installed. I am now stalled until my friend comes through with the nailer.

[Waski_the_Squirrel]

The inside trim and the outside trim is up in the living room. I did order enough outside trim, but ran into a hiccup in the kitchen: I'm left with a bunch of really short pieces. So, I bought two more long pieces today to prime and paint. So, I won't have it all up until tomorrow.

Meanwhile, when I paint today, I'll work on nail holes and such on the installed trim. But, here it is as it looks right now. I can't wait to get rid of the construction mess, but I'm really excited to have up trim in my living room. Baseboard will be a later project (maybe this winter).

[pengeezer]

Need to try another attempt with a pic....didn't come through.



John

[Waski_the_Squirrel]

Need to try another attempt with a pic....didn't come through.



John

Sorry! I just fixed the link.

[Lady Onogaro]

It's looking really good. It's bright and cheery.

[Jon Szanto]

Man, isn't it amazing what trim can do to a room?

When we had some work done in our living room a few years ago, things were actually partway done when one of the subs said "Hey, this room would look really nice with the addition of crown molding. Oh my, what a small investment for such a step up in the look of a room!

Looking forward to future pics!

[Waski_the_Squirrel]

Man, isn't it amazing what trim can do to a room?

When we had some work done in our living room a few years ago, things were actually partway done when one of the subs said "Hey, this room would look really nice with the addition of crown molding. Oh my, what a small investment for such a step up in the look of a room!

Looking forward to future pics!

I find myself sitting in the living room and staring at this corner. It had an amazing effect on the room.

I'm seriously thinking of installing baseboard: it will be 6" mdf. I had not budgeted for it, but I want to work the numbers. Maybe it will work. I'm a little messed up because, emotionally, I haven't been paid since May. It doesn't matter what the numbers are, that's painful, and I won't be paid until September 20. I splurged on a fountain pen, so I will need to think hard before I buy any trim. The baseboard wasn't in my budget, and the trim already ran $20 over budget. But I'm really tempted.

Windows will be a different matter: they will require a lot more work, and I don't know if I'm up to it. But they need trim.

[Pelikan-Vera]

Well done Waski the corner looks very good. you can always put the trim later when you have enough $ for the windows. Don't be scared of the windows, they are just square boxes after all. I learned to tile, lay floor and put double glazed windows in my outbuilding. the neighbours are now asking me, a woman, for advice.....hihi. anyway whatever you decide it will be nice. Thumbs up from the UK. Vera

[Waski_the_Squirrel]

Well done Waski the corner looks very good. you can always put the trim later when you have enough $ for the windows. Don't be scared of the windows, they are just square boxes after all. I learned to tile, lay floor and put double glazed windows in my outbuilding. the neighbours are now asking me, a woman, for advice.....hihi. anyway whatever you decide it will be nice. Thumbs up from the UK. Vera

I'm a little worried about the windows because they're new windows, and the previous owner did not have them professionally installed. I will be doing a lot of "creative" engineering to put trim on them.

[DaveBj]

Lookin' good! I have no talent in that area.

[scrivelry]

Waski, everything looks great so far!

Remember that when it is all up the total experience is what you see, unless you are the person who knows where all the nicks are. If you looked carefully at most houses built in the last 50-60 years you would fine all sorts of imperfections - you just are not generally looking for them.

The whole thing is getting more cheerful with every bit you do! And the color is great - I have that yellow or something like it myself.