Fixin' up the Bungalow

Monday, August 06, 2007

Over the weekend...


Painting the porch.
Originally uploaded by gizmodyne
Finally the porch was ready for paint.

We chose Sherwin Williams.: Antique White which is related to the two other major colors we are using...Blonde and Ivoire.

The porch painted!

So much cleaner you can't believe it.

Paint porch √

Attic access door surrounded by clean paint.

The attic access door came out great. It is amazing; when you put paint on the walls it makes all of the woodwork come crisply into focus.

Kitchen Cabinets

Cabinets with stain, shellac, and poly.

We stained the kitchen cabinets too. Lots of problems with the putty again. Lesson: Stain and then add colored putty. It is mostly worked out and now we have shellaced and poly-ed it too. One more coat of poly to go and it is ready for paint tomorrow.

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posted by john at 8/06/2007 12:52:00 PM

4 Comments:

  • I'm really curious on your method of repairing/refinishing the plaster walls. We are gearing up for that, and I'd love to hear what products/techniques you used!

    By Blogger Dawn, At 8/09/2007 04:33:00 PM  

  • I actuall just paid someone to do it. But what they do is...
    Scrape off all of the paint and loose plaster.
    Patch cracks with drywall tape and joint compound.
    Apply several coats of joint compound, sanding in between coats.

    Any large chucks were patched with drywall covered in joint compound.

    There are some picks on our flickr page in the guest room set.

    Hope that helps.

    By Blogger john, At 8/09/2007 04:51:00 PM  

  • Just stumbled on your blog and got so homesick! We recently sold our 1908 stucco Foursquare in Joliet, IL for new construction in a good school district for the kid. Keep up the good work and keep posting those gorgeous pictures of your beautiful home. We are counting the years until graduation day so we can become custodians of another old home in need of TLC. Good luck!

    By Blogger Foursquare, At 9/09/2007 10:58:00 AM  

  • Thanks Foursquare! Good luck to you in the future with a new fixer.

    By Blogger john, At 9/09/2007 02:21:00 PM  

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