An Interior Trim Photo Montage!

 Well, since I haven't been very good at posting all year, I figure I'll just throw up a few photos that I finally downloaded from my phone tonight.

In no particular order:

The broom closet door, pre trim that is the mirror image of the pantry door I posted a couple months ago. 

Hal after installing the trim around MY bedroom closet. ALL MINE. I gave him the walk-in. Yes, it needs doors, but that will be next year. 

A piece of stained threshold. Hal shaped it from an oak board then I stained and varnished.

And how it looks in the doorway. This happens to be the front door. The back door got the same treatment.

I know I've posted the next photo before, but this is the front door with the trim. Since this photo was taken all the baseboard in the living room/dining room/hall and foyer is installed.

And I am certain I've posted the pantry door before as well. Nevertheless, here it is again. The only problem with having a door now, however, is every time I open it, the dogs think they're getting a treat. Silly dogs. 

I don't remember whether this is the door to our bedroom or to the TV room, but they both were taken down as working on them in the garage, horizontally was much easier. I had painted all the interior doors while hanging. While that was a little awkward, they didn't require 3 coats of polyurethane on both sides either.

This is the door to our bedroom and bath.

The baseboards in the living room, dining room and hallway are all done, as well. Because there is so much furniture in front of it, this shot of the foyer shows best what it looks like everywhere.

And of course, Kaylee photo bombed. 

I've Been Negligent in Posting!

 I wasn't even planning on making a post today, but I came back looking for information from last summer, and couldn't find it, ah, well. But since I'm here, a few highlights. I'll even throw in a few pics.

• We finally got someone to come turn on our HVAC unit! It's not been officially commissioned, but it's running and keeping our home at a nice even 73 degrees. At some point the guy is supposed to return and install something between it and the water heater. No clue if and when that will happen. But at least it's progress! Hal installed a check valve between it and the pressure tank and that is working well, too.
• I went on a cruise to Alaska in August, the inside passage with Hal's sister, youngest brother and his family. It was great, good weather, got to see Glacier Bay, Juneau, Skagway and Ketchikan. Took a couple of excursions, mushing on wheeled carts with sled dogs and a train ride up into the mountains. Whale watching, too, though we didn't see much other than a few tails.
• Hal and I got a lot of trim work done on the interior of the house. We still have more to go but the dining room and guest bedroom have all the baseboard. The guest room and our bedroom even have the closet jambs and trim finished. No doors yet, but it is more progress.
• I'm still playing guitar and am finding it easier to play my acoustic, finally, the strings are a lot thicker and stiffer than my electrics, so it took some getting used to.
• Yesterday we started setting up the TV/Music room properly by moving the wall units and speakers from the living room. Hal set up a sound bar he got from his sister in the living room. It will suffice until I buy better speakers for it.

  

  TV Room with Shelf Units

  
  

  

  New Pantry Door and Trim

  
  

  

  Me at Glacier Bay, Alaska

  
  

  

  Living Room without the Shelf Units

  
  

  

  Hallway with Finished Trim

  
  

  

  Foyer with Finished Trim

  
  

End of Summer Update

 I haven't really worked on the house this summer as Hal has been under the floor in the crawl space installing ductwork. He declined my assistance other than to pick up parts at the store. He finished last week and started plumbing the geothermal unit in this week. 

So other things: had this growth on my lower lip for all of June and July that bled like crazy and I couldn't get into see a dermatologist till August. Of course, before the appointment I was able to twist the thing off. She cut out the remains and had it tested, it turned out to be a wart. And she didn't get it all, I can see and feel a hard little gray knot. I hope it doesn't get any bigger. 

I bought a second guitar. I wasn't planning to; it was used, and I just fell in love with it. It's a Paul Reed Smith, a PRS Soapbox II. Apparently, it was tuned for double drop D. When I tuned it back to regular tuning (EADGBE) the 5th and 6th strings buzz. I haven't looked into setting it up myself yet. 

But even so it sounds incredibly better when compared to my Squier Bullet! The photo doesn't do the cherry red color justice.

I've been practicing guitar regularly, learned the F barre chord though I am not proficient in chord changes to and from it. I've got to get batter at though if I want to play the House of the Rising Sun well.

Over the last couple weeks, now and then, I've been adding wood filler and sanding down three 1 x 4s for the trim of my sewing room window. I stained 2 today, decided the 3rd still needed more filler and sanding. I hope to finish the poly-urethaning Sunday, that was they will be ready whenever Hal is done with the furnace.

Okay, that's enough update for now, hopefully the next one won't wait so long.