It’s Still Boring, But At Least There’s Progress!

I’m afraid that it’ll be a couple of extra days till I’ve something thrilling to share. As I defined yesterday, there was a delay on the door set up within the bed room. The excellent news is that it ought to be completed as we speak. However for now, it appears like this…

Earlier than they might even get to the precise door set up, they needed to do some prep work, which included rerouting some electrical wiring. In order that’s what they received achieved the primary day. They didn’t wish to take away the window on the primary day after which take the prospect that there wouldn’t be sufficient time to really end up the door set up, leaving me with an open gap within the entrance of our home. So the entire door set up ought to be completed up as we speak, after which the drywall restore could must be completed up tomorrow.

Within the meantime, I’ve been engaged on the partitions within the lobby. They have been a multitude, and I’m terrible at drywall. So these two components mixed imply that drywall restore takes me longer. Slowly however absolutely, I’m getting this doorway taken care of, although.

I nonetheless must fill in that hole on the high of the ceiling, and fill in that gap that I needed to lower out for {the electrical} work. I didn’t wish to must buy one other sheet of drywall (and transport it house), so I used to be making an attempt to make the 1/4 sheet that I had readily available work. That’s why there’s a spot on the high by the ceiling. That’s the one strip I might get out of my leftover drywall. However as soon as it’s taped and mudded, after which the crown molding goes on, it received’t even present.

I additionally nonetheless must patch this gap the place {an electrical} outlet was eliminated. After which I want to determine the place I wish to reroute our router. I’ve to confess that I’ve had this router right here, taped to the wall identical to this, for thus lengthy that I had gotten used to seeing it. I child you not after I say that I used to be wanting proper previous it and never even realizing that I want to maneuver it till Monday. Then I lastly “noticed” it and realized that it truly can’t keep right here, taped to the wall like that. 😀 Isn’t it humorous how our minds get so used to seeing eyesores like this that we simply begin wanting previous them and never even seeing them anymore?

Anyway, this doorway continues to be in a really tough state. I’m nonetheless not 100% certain how I’ll end the doorway. A part of me needs to wrap the grasscloth and trim round to the jambs. However I may need one other thought.

I don’t know in the event you seen how I completed off the doorway on the closet facet of the door. I merely used a big cupboard trim across the perimeter of the opening and painted all of it the identical blue. I just like the understated search for the closet facet.

So as an alternative of wrapping the grasscloth and trim across the jambs, I’m now contemplating doing the identical factor on the skin of the doorway. I’d use that very same giant cupboard trim, after which that may give a particular finish level for the grasscloth wallpaper and the wainscoting and chair rail.

After which the precise door jambs, as soon as I get the mud sanded and easy, might simply be painted. However that is a kind of “one drawback results in one other” varieties of issues as a result of I don’t know what coloration to color it the door jambs. White? Which may stand out like a sore thumb. Would I carry the sunshine blue from the closet onto the jambs? But when I try this, then what coloration would the trim across the door on the lobby facet be? Would these be gentle blue as nicely?

I do know I’ll determine it out. Issues all the time appear to work out in the long run, however these little particulars may be irritating to determine generally. What I do know is that I received’t be trimming out this doorway like I’ve achieved the opposite doorways in the home. The within (closet facet) of the doorway is already achieved, and I’m not redoing it. So I’ve to determine this out.

I’ve additionally needed to do fairly a little bit of drywall restore (mudding solely) the place the hallways closet got here out. It nonetheless must be sanded.

After which the opposite facet of the doorway wanted restore. I forgot to attain the caulk the place the trim met the wall, and after I eliminated the trim, it ripped off the highest paper layer of the drywall. I hate it after I make further work for myself by forgetting to do easy steps like scoring the caulk with a utility knife.

I did strive mudding the white stripes on the striped partitions, and I don’t assume that’s going to work. After the mud dried, I might nonetheless really feel these stripes.

So I’m transferring on to what most of you steered. I’ll be sanding the entire partitions utilizing my handheld sander, however I’ll solely be doing the decrease partitions as much as 35 inches. I’m fairly assured that the slight texture of the stripes received’t present beneath the grasscloth on the highest elements of the partitions.