This is just
a cool shot of one of the
corners.
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Both the doors and the walls
trimmed
out
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Coping the shoe
round. Everyone says this is the key to making tight corners, but
I'm not getting it or at least I'm not coping well enough yet.
Basically you're supposed to manually cut out the profile of the
opposite wall/piece so they overlap, fit tighter and resist
expansion. I've also been told it's supposed to be quicker then
mitering the joint. So far I haven't seen the positives. I'm sure by
the time I cope all the necessary joints for each of the
rooms in the house, I'll have it
down.
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4/5/07
Preparing for paint. Nailing leaves little
divits in the face. After filling the divits with filler,
they're sanded smooth and
everything is
painted.
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4/15/07
Final step before
paint, of course, is the
tape.
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Jen putting on
the first coat of the paint.
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4/18/07
With
the trim painted it was time to try a door. We're replacing all the
fake hollow-core doors with real wood. They're nice and heavy. Like
everything in this project, the doors are labor intensive. I have to
chisel out the hinges, add a third hinge, plane the door to fit and
cut the holes for the handle and lock. Once all that's done, Jen can prime and
paint.
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4/18/07
Also tackled the gaping hole in our living room,
eat-in kitchen area. We expanded this opening by two feet when we bought the house. Since then,
the opening
has been two by fours and rough cut drywall. Finally deciding how to
finish all our trim (stain or paint) allowed me to get a primed jam
and throw up our trim. This is just the beginning for
the kitchen. We've got all kinds of plans.
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8/19/07 While I'm in India Jen plans to prime a
bunch of the trim, so I had to rip the 1/8" off the inner casings we had in stock. When I get back it will all be
primed and I'll have no excuse to get it all installed.
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8/25/07 In preparation for a week
long push to get as much trim
up as possible before I go away, Jen started priming our stockpile of inner
and outer casings.
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