So, apparently I need to see The King’s Speech. Oh, and Black Swan, The Social Network, and a bunch of other movies. But we saw Inception! Whatever, I blame the remodel.
So this was our Sunday:
Breakfast and paint chips!
We came up with a potential color palette (above, right) for the doors and picked up a few different quarts of paint. Don’t worry, we’re not using all the colors right now and some will have more presence than others.
Next, a quiet mid-morning with the pile of wood that’s been sitting in our basement for weeks!
Kyle finally started the painful and tedious process of wood finishing (which probably explains our recent affection for steel). He’s applying an Osmo hardwax oil finish to the basement stair treads and risers as well as the loft treads. The other pieces (loft and basement stair handrails, loft opening trim, and door thresholds) are getting a coat of benite and two coats of polyurethane.
Then, an afternoon getting reacquainted with the half-finished basement stairs!
Kyle fabricated the “skeleton” for the basement stair handrail from tube steel and some steel DIY wall brackets (and then painted it to match all the other steel). Similar to the loft ladder, a piece of notched fir will slip over the steel. The steel looks hot and provides a more rigid structure which minimizes the number of wall brackets needed. The stair risers have been installed and are now being finished in place. The treads need a few more coats of Osmo and then it’s their turn. The stairs have actually looked like this for a few months. Not walking bow-legged up and down the stairs will be such an improvement!
And finally, the first coat of paint went on before the pre-show started, the second coat before supporting actress was announced and our bathroom door was finished and hung before best picture! Yes, you can get a lot done during commercials (and certain musical numbers).
Pictures coming soon!
Wow, usually during awards ceremonies, the most I do is just cruise websites on my laptop during commercials. Maybe if I’m feeling inspired, get up to fix myself a snack. This is the first I’ve heard of anyone doing home renovations during their commercial break ha ha!
Good on you guys 🙂
I’m impressed by your Oscar-Watching-Work-Ethic! Also, have you guys considered painting each side of the doors different colors? So, the living room would have, say, yellow doors, but they would be blue in the flex room. Just an idea!
Robyn, yep, that’s the great thing about paint, it’s super easy to change. We’ve even talked about change the color of the doors with the seasons;) My guess is with the bold colors we may need to change them from time to time
Those paint chips didn’t have me worried at all — they are all so great!
Mad Menlicious! 🙂
can you tell us more about the application, the fumes, the before and after, of osmo?
Jeannette,
There is great info about OSMO over at Ecohaus’s website (http://www.ecohaus.com/C-223/osmo+polyx-oil). Just click on the “use” tab and there are different application guidelines. It is not completely odor-free but it is not nearly as bad as other finishing products out there. I’ll try and take some good “after” photos to show what it looks like. Hope this helps!
I. Love. Your. Blog. Period.
I was up til 3 am last night reading every post. I found you through The Brick House, which I found through Better After.
Do you guys do coke or meth? How the hell else do you keep working and working and working?
Beautiful and inspiring. So much so that I’ve committed to buying a bromeliad for the sofa table. That’s the kind of effort I put into my home.
Thanks! xo
I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind tell me what colors those two mustardy yellow paint chips are? Are they BM? Thanks!
…wouldn’t mind *telling*, that is. Great palette!
Hi Sophia, the lighter yellow is BM and is called “luminous days”. The darker is actually a Behr color from HD (good mustard yellows are hard to find!) but I’m not sure what the name is.
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