trim is my mortal enemey
Trim, its the stuff that makes a room look like a room and not just a painted box. It is also my mortal enemy. Its just too damm fiddly, and too damm expensive especially when you figure out how many liner feet you need of a particular profile. Early Saturday morning I was thinking about this while I was trim shopping at Home Despot. There was all of the extra pieces of trim needed for the ceiling wall transition, then there was the picture rail for the front bedroom then there was yet another gallon of stripper for the window and door casings. Most of the paint was heat gunned off so I am only trying to get the last bit of varnish off them. Still paint stripper always results in mess. But thankfully the trim is actually going up. Not at exactly break neck speed but up at least. 8^P While avoiding actually working on the trim I started working on getting the door between the bedroom and the master closet / dressing room working again. I discovered that it was not just painted closed. Ohh no.. The builders screwed up and since they did nothing to shim the door it had done a bunch of shifting around in place so the previous owner had sealed it up nice with caulk. Caulk? WTF? Granted the gap is large enough to see in an know that the door is locked but still… Caulk? grrr what a pain in the butt. Still not at bad of an idea as using tar in place of window putty, or the great covering the wall with cork board idea of 1975.. But crap the door is filled in with CAULK!!! This from a guy that thought it was fun to go onto bbs forums and flame folks for spelling and punctuation. Grrr Caulk has got to be among the most misused construction material on earth. Right behind liquid nails, and faux wood paneling. 8^P Grrrrrrr again…
Progress is slow but at least it is being made. I won’t be relaxing in the new living room till late next spring but at least I will have a new bedroom in a week or two.. Probably closer two two at this point, as I have been feeling lazy and well I hate trim I can always find something better to do that work on trim. 8^P
Speaking of lazy I thought I would give you all a direct link to my youtube favorites list. 8^) It is randomly loaded with good stuff.
Ivan