An Element of Design

The upstairs is getting close, so close! This week is all about trim and flooring as I attempt to keep RJ supplied with sanded, stained wood. I should specify that a particular part of the upstairs is taking FOREVER. It's the master bedroom--also the area that has wonky-ass, crooked shit ALL over the dang place. So each piece of trim has to be custom cut, placed, and manipulated so it looks...not crooked.

Detail.

This is looking up. There will be four angles that look like this, meeting at the top.

RJ is on his third day of this sodding trim and I'm about to pull my hair out. Not because he's slow, (and it looks SO COOL), but because it takes a ridiculous amount of time to get everything placed right so that you fool the eye into thinking you see a straight line. I am getting to the point where I have to see progress and if I don't, I have a mild panic attack. BUT, I have been assured that the downstairs--being all right angles--and even the upstairs addition, will go extremely quickly. And the great news is that other than a few pieces of trim and baseboard in the upstairs bathroom, it is pretty much done and ready for the plumber to come in and hook everything up. We are also painting the main part of the claw foot tub black. OMG, an actual stylistic element!

Another Pinterest Inspiration. (Photo by: Brittany Ambridge)

 

 

This above picture is of a Manhattan apartment complete with $300 rug. Ha. Hahahahaha. Anyway, we'd originally wanted to go with some subway tile in the upstairs bath, but ultimately decided (and going with what supplies we already had--something RJ is brills at doing) on painted tongue and groove on the walls, a wall of cedar to back the tub, blue stained pine on the ceiling, and dark stained wood flooring.

The painting of the tub.

The Claw Feet! They kinda look like busts of a lady up close.

The floor of the bathroom, the cedar siding used the wall behind the tub.

I don't even want to start on the downstairs. It's got most of the drywall up, but is mainly just a workspace for cutting, sanding and staining. And once again, that will be the easy part...once we get to it.

And now: Angry Crutches Game Face: Sanding Edition!

For those who don't know, Angry Crutches Game Face started last year after I got my hip surgery and was starting on my PT and damn sick of my crutches. This type of selfie has come to represent: "things that are sucky, but by god you're gonna get that shit done!"