Interior Projects

Lately, chronically, the weather has been the pits. Unfortunately that groundhog was right! Winter just can't let us go. And between snow storms, rain and ice, the riding part of horse ownership is just not happening.

So we look inward. And maybe address some issues with the house that have been neglected for too long. Five years? Time does fly.

I painted with a ‘special’ formula of KILZ that had shellac in it, he got a mudding blade and special tool to even out the textured wall - I painted two coats, he mudded twice to diminish the severe texturing on some of the walls - dried with a fan and the portable heater - it shrunk away from the wall and tonight it peeled off like heavy vinyl wallpaper - at least the orange paint is gone! but we wasted materials and an entire weekend - darn! But we are making progress. Really we are.

He's replaced or added moulding and closet framing, pulled all the carpet and padding, pulled staples and tack strips, scraped gum and unknown melted objects from the flooring, replaced the threshold in the bathroom.

Also reconfirmed that there is ONE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT for the entire upstairs and the outlets (in the closets) are back-to-back. The added outlets in the 'cowboy room' has electrical wire under the moulding snaked around the perimeter. Definitely not to code.

In the past plastic sheeting was tacked around the windows. The plastic was pulled off, leaving plastic and tacks imbedded in the window framing and walls. Then painted over. The paint colors that this house has hosted is incredible: from white to blue (3 shades), teal, green, yellow, gray (2 shades), brown, tan, orange, bright red and pepto-bismol pink.