Fighting Dirty

Sure, the old whore landed a solid kick to my shin, but it didn’t stop me from working the laundry room over. I patched over several nail heads the sheetrock guy missed (actually, they were supposed to be hidden behind the chair rail, but it didn’t work out that way), I gave the beadboard ceiling its first coat of primer, and I primed about 80% of walls.

[This bruise is in the middle of my right shin. I bruise very easily, and I got this beauty from leaning against the top rung of the step-ladder on & off for about 6 hours. Admit it, you’re jealous.]

Ms. Scarlet spent most of the weekend laid-low by a nasty cold. None the less, I pressed her into service as the photography slave. Here are some pictures of our work in progress.

In case you're wondering, I was wearing the mask because of all the dust the vacuum kicked up when I prepared the room for painting.

The ceiling will take a lot of caulk to seal-up. The boards are all salvage, and the tongues & grooves were in pretty sad shape. In several places, the gaps are wide enough that insulation is bulging out. That won’t do. I figure 6 to 8 tubes of caulk ought to take care of this problem. Then, another coat or two of primer and we’re ready to paint. At this rate, we’ll have this room finished in 2022.