Manual Labor - Part 2

 Once the painting was done, we had a few days to organize, pick up, and begin to refinish the baseboard.  When Don began to take the baseboard off, he discovered that it was solid walnut.  One does not dispose of solid walnut, so rather than find new baseboard, we decided to sand them to remove any finish and then put tung oil on them.  Once we got all of the boards off and all of the nails out of the floor, I began to sand and refinish while Don worked on numerous other projects.

There are worse places to work than in the mountains!

 

On December 19, the flooring crew showed up - all 6 of them.  And man, did they get to work!  By the end of the first day, they had completed most of the main room - which is very large - and by Saturday, which was only 6 days later, they were done with both the LVP and the ceramic tile.  Don had put heat tape under the ceramic tile, so he spent a lot of time doing that, and between my walks to the cabin and back, sanding, finishing, and cleaning, we were pretty tired by the end of every day.  But by October 26, the floor was in and the rooms were painted - and we were happy campers!

The finished main room

New floors in the bedroom

Manual Labor - Part 1

We spent the entire month of October in the Holy Ghost, living at the cabin and working at Spirit Ranch.  Katie came down in early October to help paint, and what a job it was.  I had forgotten how long it takes to tape for a paint job, but Katie knew.  She had done this many times before, and within two or three days, we had things ready to go.

Then we had to learn how to use the paint sprayer.  She had used one before, so it didn't take long, but what an awkward machine it is.  But it worked, and within two more days, she had the rooms painted.  In the meantime, Don painted the fireplace Mallard Green, and the three of us painted the baluster and the banisters.  We are delighted with the results, and we are so very grateful to Katie for her help!

A bedroom prior to painting

The painted walls look much better, we think!

The painting of the banister - gray to Mallard Green

The gray fireplace

We love the new color!