sneak peek: before and afters

Now, everything is obviously not finished, but this is a preview of everything after it has been spackled, sanded, repaired, and primed.

1930s Linen Cabinet:

(interior)




(exterior)



Now, the faces of the drawers will possibly undergo a final sanding with ultra fine, and then one additional coat of primer. When everything is finished, you will never know they were victim to seriously peeling paint. The goal here is just to simply have a nice white linen cabinet with original silver pulls. (those are already cleaned up, and paint free...they will be cleaned with some Tarn-X shortly.)

Hallway:





The hallway has come a long way in only one week. I've been working relentlessly, and have neglected by business for over two weeks as a result, but the work is paying off. I'm pushing record renovation speed!

We have so much to do with our spring/summer months, that there is no time to lose whatsoever. Spring has just begun and I'm already feeling that the clock is ticking to tackle a very long list of projects that MUST be finished before the cold returns. (insulation, weatherstripping, porch sealing, new storm doors, vinyl siding repairs, garage repairs, masonry, construction, repair repair repair...the list goes on and on.) I'm not sure how it's all going to get done in under 5 months, and with our tight budget but you better believe, it will...if it means I work from 6 a.m. to midnight every night laying it down like bricks, in sweat and blood and my hair falling out in chunks, everything WILL BE DONE.