New Door

Well it's new to us anyway. This was a great find at the Re-Use It store in Saint John. The inside cleaned up well but the outside was well worn, the paint baked on, as well as several gouges on the bottom under the door knob, most likely from a dog. I cleaned up the outside to a point, ReBecca wants to leave it rough looking for the inside of the studio, so just a bit of fine sanding to smooth it out and several coats of poly for protection. The inside, now the outside was primed and got a few coats of white paint. What took so long was the stripper was a bit harsh, on me and once that was cleaned up and before any poly or paint went on, all the 15 window muntins had to be sanded and the windows panes masked off to reduce the amount of scraping that was done cleaning the glass, both sides. It's ready to go, with an old mortised lock-set to go in and older knobs that you'll see once it' up.

It was grey.

The inside after the poly, windows taped.

The outside, ready for tape.

Primer is on.

Three coats of paint.

Windows cleaned up, looks good.

Late Update

I forgot to post this update for the small wall for the door into the studio, it's painted and looks like it has been there all along. Now to strip and do a little repair work to our 'new to us' re-purposed door and it can get installed.

Add a little color and voilà.

Just need a door now.

Minor Repairs

Last week ReBecca noticed the cold water tap in the tub would just keep turning, on, off, on, off all in the same direction. This makes it hard to shut everything off, so a new tap was required, and to install it I had to open the wall on the other side. I made a 13" x 48" opening to work in, put in the new tap, shower extension and faucet. I was going to just screw the piece back on, but we talked and just in case we have to do it again, I make a little frame around it and the opening, After a little mud to try and straiten the wall so it looks good, a bit of paint and some magnets to just keep it in place, all is done and it doesn't look too bad.

Enough room to work.

A little woodwork and mud.

Add a small frame.

Set everything back in place.

Rock And Mud

Today the sheet rock and mud went on, it shouldn't take too long for the mud to dry, then a little wet sanding, more mud and so on and so forth. You know how it goes. It may look dark but the blinds in the studio are closed, the door has 15 pains of glass so lots of light shining in.

Just a little sheet rock.

Looking out.

Easy job with the mud, this time.

I used paper tape instead of the mesh
type.

A Little Wall

One more item to tackle, this time it's a wall for a door to the studio. This way ReBecca can just round up the cats out of the studio and close the door without having to pack everything up. The door we got is from the Re-Use it store in Saint John, it has I believe 15 pains of class, so lots of light coming through, we don't want it to be dark.

All framed up ready for drywall.

Lots of light will still come in.

60 Liner Feet Of Shelving

With 60 liner feet of shelving you would think one might have plenty of room, well guess again. This is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to books, at least it's the lions share of art related ones anyway. They not organized yet as we just want to get everything up and out of the way for now. She also has several mobile bins that will go along the bottom for easy access. As I said before it is coming together.

Still room at the top.

A Very Busy Day

Yesterday was a very busy day, right away I put some mud on spots that needed touching up. While it was drying I picked up the pine ( 1 x 2 x 14 ft) and ReBecca was in town to see what shelving parts were available. After that we went into Saint John to do a little shopping, and get additional shelving parts that weren't available in town. It was a very quick trip, two stops and lunch all in under two hours. Once we got home I got busy sanding the touch ups, I vacuumed and mopped the floor, pulled down the plastic patrician and primed everything. Then two coats of ceiling paint, two coats of wall paint and a good coat on the floor to dry over night. All in all a very good day. Today the shelf wall mounts and brackets are up and the shelves will be up soon, once they are cut to desired length, those pictures later.

Primers on.

Ceiling is done, two coats.

Two coats on the walls.

Add a touch of color to the floor and it's done. 

The Last 8 Feet

After getting all the books and supplies moved from the last 8 feet ReBecca was done for the day, that was yesterday at 9:30 PM, and she started in the afternoon, she had it well organized and packed it. This morning we moved the book cases downstairs and I was able to start putting up the last 12 sheets of drywall. And because I could start a little earlier than planed, I got the seams taped and the mud is on. Tomorrow I'll get it sanded (wet sanding) apply the second coat of mud, get the fans going and maybe just maybe I could get it sanded and the third coat on. It's an open area and the corners are very easy to do.

The last 8 feet.

It only took 12 sheets to do this part.

The first coat of mud is on.

Looks good.

Inspiration Galore

As promised here is the floor, it is "Giverny Violet", the second coat is still wet in spots so it looks a little patchy right now. It will be a bit darker when dried. It's not the greatest paint, it will work until she finds something she likes, we don't want to rush it.

Lots of inspiration.

Adding A Bit Of Color

The ceiling has bee painted and today I added a bit of color to the walls, it's called "Spring Blossom". We'll be tackling the last 8 feet soon, I think she wants to paint the floor first, I'll wait to show pictures before I tell you what color it will be.