Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Redecoration, part 2

The base boards, door casings, and crown moldings were installed Saturday. They really look great! There was one base board by the front door that did not look right to us. A man will be out this afternoon to fix it.

In order to put the lighted crown molding in the hall, they had to lower the top of the arch that leads to the family room. Lowering the top also allows us to replace the door casing around the arch, for which there was not room before. The change left a 6-inch piece of molding between one side of the arch and the ceiling that I did not care for, and of course, the new section needed painting. I removed the molding and painted the wall Monday. Now it looks like it was always that way, except of course for the new casing.

Next the painters will come to caulk all of the cracks and nail holes in the woodwork, and paint the woodwork and the ceilings. But they have to wait until we receive some ovelays for the living room cabinet doors and a medallion for the dining room ceiling. So things will be messy until well into August.

Now that work has started, we feel more anxious to finish the job

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