Finishing the Side Door
Now that the cottage is ready to go for Summer, I turn back to work in the house.
Dennis' Vernacular Victorian
I write about restoring my old 1900s home and cottage in Wildwood, NJ.
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More Cottage Prep
Continuing with the cottage prep, I had an appliance repairman replace the gasket on the refrigerator.
Cottage Prep
I pause the work in the dry kitchen to start getting the cottage ready for summer rental.
Pulling up an Old Floor
With the plastering done and a first coat of stain on most of the woodwork, I turn my attention to the floor.
Plastering the Dry Kitchen
With the coat of stain mostly dry, I flip the painter’s tape over from covering the plaster to covering the woodwork because the next phase of work is plastering the room.
More Prepping of the Built-in
While the stain dries, I move back to the built-in to keep getting this ready for staining.
Staining the Woodwork
With the ceiling’s first coat of plaster done, I’m going to give a shot to staining the wood molding first and then plastering.
First Coat on the Ceiling and Continuing to Strip the Built-In
It’s always a balancing act to figure out when to plaster versus when to stain and varnish the wood.
Prepping the Woodwork for Stain
While I struggle stripping all the remaining paint from the nooks and crannies in the built-in, the rest of the molding is moving towards staining.
Frozen Pipes and Revisiting the Built-In
Over the last few weeks there’s been a huge cold spell in the Northeast.