Robyn agreed to do it provided I committed to finishing up all of the little items that have piled up undone. So I put together a "punch list" of the items remaining. It's a bit longer than I expected.
- Stain and Install Floor molding - downstairs - done
- Stain and Install floor molding - upstairs - molding purchased
- Replace Trim at top of stairs - molding purchased
- Trim under cabinets
- Stain and install front door threshold - in progress
- Resize vent in our bedroom
- Replace foyer light - purchased
- Replace middle bedroom light - purchased
- Remove masking tape on light at top of stairs
- Repair light at the stair landing
- Replace kitchen cabinet door knobs
- Make extension for master bedroom headboard - in progress
- Trim and re-install closet molding
- Repair living room wall from AC leak
- Repair chair in dining room - in progress
- Install casing around porch door - done
- Paint casing around porch door - done
- Re-seal deck
- Repair kitchen tile
- Install stained glass in front door window
- Fix laminate around bottom stair rail
- Touch up kitchen sink enamel - done
- Touch up paint on porch
- Replace pneumatic closer on storm door - done
- Remove paint drips from molding
- Remove paint drips from front door, both sides
- Refresh stain on front door, both sides
- Refresh varnish on molding
- Varnish front door, both sides
- Install catch on armoire doors
- Stain and install door stop for door between foyer and kitchen - in progress
The most time consuming items are those that require staining. It usually takes at least two days to get the required number of coats.
Several of the items are in flight but the highest priority is being placed on getting the floor quarter round installed. The molding is coming in 11 foot and 12 foot lengths which makes it difficult to take down the inside stairs and the outside stairs have a piece of OSB covering the exterior basement introduced.
What to do???
Well, use the 1 1/2 inch hole saw...
...to cut a hole to pass the molding through to Robyn.
There was quite a breeze blowing through the insulation so we stuffed a piece of leftover pipe insulation in the hole.
I was able stain about 7 pieces of quarter round at a time.
And was pleasantly surprised by how close of a match we were able to get.
Each of the door openings were a bit of a challenge to work around, but once I figured out how it looks the best, it went quickly.
Next to the sawz-all, this little one gallon compressor with the 18 gauge brad nailer was about the most useful tool we purchased for working on the house.
Another of those leftover items to do, was to put casing around the inside of the front porch door. You can see the slope the porch has (and the spray foam I put around the door.)
1x4 oak planking was just about the perfect size. I thought about using pine but wanted something a bit more durable.
I did have an "oops!" when I misread the tape measure as 6'9" when it was only 6'7". Had to cut a two inch piece to go on the bottom. Fortunately this was going to be painted and not stained.
Added some wood putty to the joints and then primed the bare wood.
One of the things we've be wanting to do to dress up the outside of the house since it was a beige vinyl siding was to change the trim color from white to another. We decided that we liked the color that we spray painted the back door so we tried to match it.
I learned my lesson from the front steps which came out redder than we wanted so I bought a sample to try on the back door trim. It didn't match the back door and came out a brighter red than we wanted. I actually like the color but I think by the time all of the trim, particularly the front porch trim, was painted the color would be overwhelming. So, back to the paint store.
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