Week#21 - Trims and Mouldings

Good morning everyone,

I'm back at work and do not have as much time to work on my project. I spent most of the day yesterday working on my recroom. We decided that we would remove our mahogany door and replace it by a bostonian pine door. Unfortunately the door measures 26" and its a special order which means it will costs more and will take about 6 weeks to arrive. The old door is off now and I'm waiting for the pine door to come in. Below you will find a picture of the hole in the wall without the door.

Door Off

Yesterday I was able to install the trims and mouldings that do not touch the floor.  I'm waiting for the contractor to install the vinyl flooring prior to install those trims and mouldings. This week I plan on varnishing the baseboards and the remaining trims and mouldings.

Below you will find a picture of the floor as it is now. Hopefully next week I will be able to take a picture of our new floor.

Floor

Next weekend I have to clean my shop for dad's party so I probably won't get much work done.

Week#20 - Cart and Chute

Hello everyone,

The girls and I had an absolutely great trip at Wonderland last week.  It was back to work on our recroom this week and I got a lot done. I installed the chute as well as the door that covers it. Below are a couple of pictures of the chute and door.

Chute

I also built a cart that will hold the wood coming in from the chute. I finished varnishing the doors this morning.  The surprising thing about this cart is how heavy it is. I'm not looking forward to bringing it downstairs. Below you will find pictures of the cart.

Cart

So what is left in this project? I need to add the mouldings to the cart, to the walls and put in a new door to the cold storage area.  Tomorrow someone is supposed to come in to look at our floor and suggest a new type of flooring.

Yesterday I purchased an antique buck saw on EBay that I will put on the front of the cart.  I also need add some mouldings to the cart. Tomorrow I'm going back to work for 6 weeks. I then plan on taking a parental leave until Christmas. During that time we hope to renovate our kitchen.  I guess I will have to startup a new blog.

Week#19 - Finished Tiles

Good morning everyone,

The girls and I had an awesome time at Wonderland this week but now it's back to reality with only one week of holidays left and a lot of work to complete before going back to school.

Below you will find a picture of the ceiling with the tiles installed. We painted the mouldings brown in colour which adds an accent to the tiles. We are very pleased with the results.

Completed Ceiling Tiles


Next week I will install a wood chute in the south wall. Below you will  find a drawing of what I hope the final product will look like.

Chute Drawing

Week#18 - Varnishing (completed)

Hello everyone,

Hope that you are enjoying summer as much as we are.  This week I hope to start working on the ceiling.  Last week I was able to complete varnishing the walls. I applied three coats and I was lucky to get Alex's help for a while.

Third Coat

The remaining 3 faux beams are installed and look great.

Faux Beams

I was also able to start working on the drop ceiling mouldings.  We decided to paint them brown in colour so that we would have a contrast between the tiles which are white and the mouldings. Tonight Louise and I are heading to Sudbury to buy the drop ceiling tiles. The next pictures shows the ceiling as it stands at the moment.

Ceiling w/o Tiles

Next week I'm spending a couple of days at Wonderland with Jacynthe and Jasmine so I probably will not have much time to work on this project. Looking forward to updating you next week.