Well, after many hours of scrapping, caulking, nailing, painting, cutting moulding and just plain ole hard work we think we are making progress on the Sleeping Room on the west end of the house. The ceiling and walls are "plank, tongue and grooved bead board". That means that each board some 90 years ago was installed perfectly in line and square. Guess what, over a period of 90 years they get loose, some decay and most sag. Give a little help of decay in the ceiling from previous roof leaks and you've got a project. We used many man hours and a large amount of caulk tubes but the ceiling turned out pretty good, or at least we think so. The color is a "beige" but Jane calls it something else.
The walls were also in need of a lot of tender loving care but they finished in pretty good shape as far as we're concerned. Just keep in mind that if you ever have to paint bead board, it requires almost twice as much paint since you have to force the paint down into each groove and cover the sides of the grooves as well. A large "1/2" nap " roller is a good start but expect to put a lot of brush strokes with lots of pressure to get the coverage you will want.
We also installed the oak laminate flooring and it just finished the room the way we had hoped. The white moulding and wood work will set the room off even more.
We had to take a break during this project for the Annual Bob and Marry Ellen Nesbit Fourth of July Bash so, come back and see what else we have completed real soon, ya hear?
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