The much anticipated visit of our infant grand-niece recently inspired us to clear out a spare bedroom in our old farmhouse and turn it into a nursery. Top priority was replacing the stained 1950’s era wallpaper with a fresh coat of paint.
Having done this several years ago in the living room and hall I knew what we’d find as we started to remove several layers of old wallpaper.
I wasn’t surprised to find:
- cracks of various sizes
- fist-size holes of crumbled plaster
- loose plaster due to broken keys
All easy to fix once you know what to do.
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The concrete foundation wall of our renovated mudroom made a stark contrast to the beautiful natural granite blocks that have solidly supported our farmhouse for 115 years.
I had thought about parging it some day just to smooth it out and spruce it up a bit and then my partner suggested we try the Beauti-Tone (Tech Stone) “Granite” from Home Hardware.
Having seen the TV ads and after a bit of Googling to check out other people’s experience with “Granite” and other “spreadable stone” products we decided that the TechStone product was worth a shot.
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Veranda Ceiling Do-over
(Part 2)
I have to say installing this ceiling the second time was much easier than the first – even by myself. Since all the pieces were precut and numbered – it was kind of a “paint by numbers” job -
uh…once I worked out the logistics.
The main issues I had to overcome for this two-person job were getting the boards into position and holding them there until I could get them nailed – three hands minimum required.
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The much anticipated visit of our infant grand-niece recently inspired us to clear out a spare bedroom in our old farmhouse and turn it into a nursery. Top priority was replacing the stained 1950’s era wallpaper with a fresh coat of paint.
