Inside Painting

We again fought through the Washington DC traffic around noon on Friday and we made it to Zelda about 9:00 pm.  We still have not decided on the tile for the master bathroom shower, so Brent continued with the caulking and painting of the downstairs crown molding.  He did not complain too much of repeatedly going up and down the ladder to reach the 11.5 foot high crown molding.  He was able to finish the keeping room, the kitchen, the laundry room, the bathroom and the library.  That leaves the pantry, Murphy room and the foyer to finish.  Lynn was not feeling well but managed to continue with work on the stairs.  Cookie mainly supervised the two of us this weekend.

The upstairs floors were completed since our last visit and received the final coat of poly and a buff out.  They look great.  We will be back this weekend to continue work..  It may be a stretch, but we are hoping to get Zelda on the market before the end of the month.

The crown molding in the keeping room.

Another view of the keeping room.

Crown molding in the kitchen.

Revised: DC to NC

We left the DC area earlier on Friday that worked like a charm as we were able to avoid the traffic on the beltway. The trip down took only seven (7) hours. Upon arrival we were happy to see that the upstairs floors had been refinished and wow what a difference. The contractor stopped by on Saturday to finish the work. He needed to buff out the finish and install one (1) more coat of poly. Since we are staying upstairs he will come back on Wednesday to finish the job.


The foyer marble is all in place and Brent did install the tile on the fireplace hearth in the library/den. Lynn grouted the kitchen tile backsplash and the remaining tiles in the foyer. Lynn really likes to use the black grout. Brent was able to caulk the windows and crown molding in the dining room and he also put the finish coat on the crown molding. He also had to cut-in the wall paint next to the crown molding in alot of the areas which meant alot of going up and down the eight (8) foot step ladder. In order to have the full appreciation of the work, we attempted to show the difference in the floor in the before and after pictures below.  Cookie reminds Brent of his sister when she was young, always wanting to get in the picutre.

Cookie at the head of the stairs.

After - The head of the stairs without Cookie.

  Before: Down the upstairs hall

 

  After: Down the upstairs hall

 

  Before: Down the upstairs hall

  After: Down the upstairs hall. 

 

  Before:  Looking in the girls room.

  After:  Looking in the girls room 

 

Before:  Looking from girls room.

After:  Looking from girls room

Before: Master bedroom sitting area.

After:  Master bedroom sitting area.

Before:  Looking in master bedroom from hall.

After:  Looking in masterbedroom from hall.

Before:  Master bedroom.

After:  Master bedroom

Before: Upstairs hall

After: Upstairs halll

Cookie on the refinished floor in master bedroom.

Cookie on the finished floor in the downstairs foyer.

The library hearth.

The dining room.

The dining room

Looking from girls room to master sitting room.

Looking from master sitting room across hall to girls room.

Work Continues

Brent spoke today with our floor finishing contractor and he started work yesterday.  We will be at Zelda on Friday night and will post pictures of the finished results.  Brent had taken pictures of all the floors to be refinished so the comparison should be dramatic.

Our plans this weekend are to grout and seal the backsplash in the kitchen, finish laying the marble in the foyer, set a ledger board in the master bathroom shower, continue with trim painting and tile the fireplace hearth in the library/den.