Not long after we got started staining the quarter round to go around the base moulding. The staining station was set up in the basement (not on the home tour).
And gradually started installing the quarter round.
Hopefully, we'll be able to refresh the shine on these baseboards.
As we were waiting for stain to dry, we worked on repairing some of the chairs that were showing their age.
The seat of this one had split...
I reinforced it with a stained piece of oak that was glued and attached with wood screws. (and dang, was it tough. I broke a couple of drill bits and 2 or 3 screws.)
I also got around to replacing one of the door stops that had broke when we put in the flooring.
This one fix was a bit difficult because oak door stops weren't available in a close enough dimension and the stain on pine was difficult to match.
Another one of Robyn's Craigslist finds, was this vintage armoire. We use it to store winter coats.
But we didn't have a key for the locks so we had to hold the doors closed with a scarf.
But some double roller catches, with spear strikes...
...took care of that. They worked so well....
I used them on the kitchen cabinets where decades of accumulated paint kept the cabinet doors from staying closed.
In amongst all of the work, we did take time to relax. We had a great St. Patrick's Day.
Beef... not so much.
One of the challenges with staining the quarter round was all there was at least 4 different tints on the baseboards. I usually had success matching, sometimes with some trial and error.
For some reason, the baseboards in our bedroom were a bit rougher than most others (except for those that a dog had chewed on before we bought the house.)
A little mahogany stain and some poly made them look 100 times better.
Even if they are behind the dresser, I know how they look now.
And as soon as the last bit of quarter round went down...
Robyn was able to take advantage of this Ikea hack, we'd seen on HGTV's Tiny House Hunters (or was it FYI,'s Tiny House Hunting.)
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