Browsing Category "Trim Work"
Secrets Of A Stainer
By     |    Mar 10, 2013
Posted in: Guest Bedroom, Hallways & Staircase, How-To, Master Bedroom, Trim Work     |    2 Comments

Secrets Of A Stainer

Today we’re unleashing upon you all our secrets.  Well…no…not ALL our secrets, otherwise what kind of incentive do you have to keep reading?!  Today, I’m revealing to you our “secrets of a stainer”.  Did anybody get the Emily Henderson Secrets of a Stylist spoof in there?  I’m sure a few of you die hard Design Star fans out there caught on.  Anyway, Colby and I were staining and polying monsters [...]

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Out In Trim Force
By     |    Mar 7, 2013
Posted in: Guest Bedroom, How-To, Trim Work     |    5 Comments

Out In Trim Force

When we last left off in the guest room renovation saga, it looked a little something like this: Walls up, joints mudded, painted ceiling and walls, and freshly installed wide pine flooring.  It was already starting to look better, kind of like Kim Kardashian once she takes off all that makeup.  But what would make the room look even more finished?  TRIM!  It’s like good eyeliner for those of us [...]

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Doing Time
By     |    Dec 10, 2012
Posted in: Entryway, How-To, Trim Work     |    1 Comment

Doing Time

The board and batten is up people…I repeat…the board and batten is up in the entry.  After a couple of hours worth of installation thanks to the boy toy husband, we officially have a board and batten-ed up entryway.  And I’m not gonna lie, it kind of feels like jail in there…not that I would know what the clink feels like.  I feel like I should be taking a coffee [...]

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Window Trimming It Up
By     |    Jul 17, 2012
Posted in: Master Bedroom, Trim Work     |    2 Comments

Window Trimming It Up

Next up on the master bedroom renovation…more affectionately known as the renovation that never ends (not to be confused with the song that never ends)…the window trim.  Colby cruised through the window trim installation and finishing like a mob car chased by the cops.  Before I could snap a solitary picture, the window trim installation process looked kind of like this. So we’re skipping the “how to install window trim” [...]

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I Like It I Love It
By     |    Jul 16, 2012
Posted in: How-To, Master Bedroom, Trim Work     |    No Comments

I Like It I Love It

I want some more of it.  I tried…so hard…I can’t rise above it.  Don’t know what it is but those little gals love it.  I like it.  I love it.  I want some more of it.  Bead board, that is.  Now that the Tim McGraw intro is over.  Now that song is stuck in your head isn’t it?!  But yes, it seems that I can’t get enough bead board these [...]

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How To Repair Old Trim
By     |    Jun 26, 2012
Posted in: Dining Room, How-To, Trim Work     |    6 Comments

How To Repair Old Trim

We’re just going to keep this little “how to fix old stuff” train right on rolling through.  Yesterday we talked about how to restore old hardware and today we’re going to dive right in and do the how-to-fix-old-trim post.  But first, let’s say hello to our basement dwelling friend, Mr. Einstein, who’s hanging out by the trim we’re about to fix.  Colby doesn’t like my Einstein poster so he was [...]

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I’ll Take “Things I Should Have Finished A Year Ago” For 200 Alex
By     |    Apr 10, 2012
Posted in: Office/Craft Room, Trim Work     |    1 Comment

I’ll Take “Things I Should Have Finished A Year Ago” For 200 Alex

Me:  I’ll take “Things I Should Have Finished A Year Ago” for 200 Alex.  Alex:  This step was a critical step missed when the then office and now craft room was renovated.  Me:  What is poly the trim?  Alex:  Ding ding ding…we have a winner! I know Alex doesn’t say that but it makes for a better opening paragraph so I’m going with it.  And yes, when we finished…well…kind of [...]

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A Caulking Time Lapse
By     |    Jan 17, 2012
Posted in: Parlor, Trim Work     |    No Comments

A Caulking Time Lapse

In celebration of having all…I repeat…ALL of the trim caulking done in the parlor, why not a little blog post about it.  So I thought it would be cool to do a time lapse video of how big of a difference caulking trim makes in an old house, more specifically a really old house sporting really old trim.  While a great idea in theory, it wasn’t in the cards for [...]

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Primed & Proper Parlor Trim
By     |    Jan 12, 2012
Posted in: Painting Projects, Parlor, Trim Work     |    2 Comments

Primed & Proper Parlor Trim

The parlor trim is officially primed…well kind of…there are two newly installed pieces of trim that need to be primed.  While Colby was away last weekend, Angie played…with paint that is.  Not only was I able to knock out all the painting of the walls, I was also able to put a couple coats of primer on all the ugly, cream colored trim that was clashing with the freshly painted [...]

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Come See The Many Sides Of The Dining Room Trim
By     |    Nov 15, 2011
Posted in: Dining Room, Painting Projects, Trim Work     |    No Comments

Come See The Many Sides Of The Dining Room Trim

I could have also called this post “You’re Feeling Dizzy…Very Very Dizzy” because we’re going to do a little spin right round baby right round our dining room to show off all the freshly primed trim that’s happening in there.  By the time we’re done you should be able to navigate your way through our dining room even without your GPS!  In an ideal world I would have done the [...]

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