What I've been doing for the last year.

[nlswitz]

My plaster guy was here today and it's looking good. He has to return tomorrow to finish. I'll take some photos when he's done. Just losing the pink ceiling makes a world of difference.

[SouthernLady]

Goodness, I bet it did! I had Pepto-Bismol-pink walls in the upstairs bedroom when I moved in. It was one of the first things to go.

What were those other people thinking with all that pink?

Looking forward to pictures!

[nlswitz]

I still have the pink dining room ceiling but that will be gone after I refinish the wood in that room. I'll start that project in October. I decided to have a pro paint the living room instead of me. My husband agreed saying it sounds like a good investment after all the hours I put into refinishing the wood. They're also going to touch up the places where I didn't do such a perfect job in the inglenook, which is good because others might not see them but I do!

The skim coat will take another day...so maybe progress photos tomorrow.

[nan-nan]

You are doing a wonderful job bringing out the beauty in the wood! I hope you are able to sit back from time to time and enjoy the results. It's a huge job to tackle!

[Nettie]

Beautiful work- looking forward to seeing more!

[nlswitz]

Thank you for all the nice comments everyone. It's been a lot of hard work but gratifying too. Here are a few shots with the skim coat. The plastics is staying up until it's painted tomorrow.

[Texas_Ranger]

My aunt thought it was a splendid idea to have a highlighter pink hallway back in the 80s! Always freaked us kids, we'd never seen such a bold color anywhere else! She had it papered over in the mid-90s after her divorce. Now my cousin lives in that place and when we removed the lovely knotty pine ceiling the pink was still there in all its glory.

[nlswitz]

Thankfully our ceiling wasn't THAT pink. I think the previous owners were trying to believe that all this Douglas fir was California redwood and so they stained the wood a "Cabernet", and put in a floral rug that has lots of pink. The ceiling was supposed to match I guess. Well the kitchen is pink too... And not so subtle.

Anyway even with the plastic we have over the windows right now the room is brighter. I can't wait until the painters are done tomorrow!

[nlswitz]

We had almost 500 people tour our house on Sunday. Now it's time to get back to work on the dining room. But before I load up the living room with the dining room furniture I took some photos of the living room. We still need to do the floor but need to get the downing room done first.

[Don M]

Wow a whole wall of windows; very nice; love the built-ins too!