The wood work in the dining room was one of my favorite parts of the house.
The built in (tools were stored here during the first few months)
The Ceiling
Over the plaster was a fibrous material that was covered in thick uneven texture. It had to come off.
I used my favorite pry bar to open a gash.
Then expanded it to a hole with a wide scrapper. My godmother (Mary Beth) was going to be around for a day while contractors were in and out and I thought that this would be a good activity for her, so she finished getting the loose material off.
The uncovered bare plaster
The carpet was coving hard wood floors, so it had to go.
Underneath the carpet was caked on brown goo (the brown is covered in white in the photo), we used chisels to scrap it off. I had A LOT of help with this, it was a time suck. You can use the sander to get the brown caked goo off, but I hear it gums up the sand paper quickly. Removing it also allowed us to remove as many nails and staples as we could find, these will also destroy sand paper.
A much cleaner floor
Everything had to be taped off for the texture, I had decided on orange peel but that is sprayed on. Luckily it will not go to waste because we can leave it on for painting.
It was erie
Primer on the walls
Paint going on the walls, it is lighter than the primer...oh no!
The top is painted with the lightest color. It worked out fine.
Putting the orange on the walls. At this point I didn't like it, but it was just the blue tape.
Much better!
I didn't realize this at the time, but the color on the walls matches the color of there beer can... it actuals matches better than what the picture makes it look like.
Not a great representation of the color.
Here is a picture after the trim pieces were all put back on:
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