2nd Bedroom - Part 12: Trim

I was able to finish the trim in the second bedroom this weekend.  I took my time with the window and even sprayed insulating foam in all the cracks before installing the trim around it.  I also fussed with the door frame and smoothed the closing action.

All the trim is MDF except for the window sill.  I used wood (hemlock) because the MDF window sills I've seen don't age well.  Plus the profile that I used under the sill is only available in wood (hemlock).

Now all I have to do is fill the nail holes and paint the trim.  That... and... build the built-in closet cabinet, install it, and install trim around it.

If you're interested in seeing what a three-year-old does in a mostly empty room... click here.

2nd Bedroom - Part 11: Floor

I almost forgot to blog about the floor! I had to install the floor before the last coat of wall paint because I needed a place for my brother-in-law to sleep while he visited.  I pulled up the old carpet and began scraping up the tiles.  It proved much harder than the first tiles I pulled up.  So much so that I gave up.  This is as far as I got.

I just didn't have the time or energy to pull up all the tiles before company arrived so I slapped down the Ikea flooring.  It's pretty forgiving with little floor variations (though they won't tell you that).

The three-year-old was very excited to be able to walk around in his room!  He immediately turned circles in the middle of his [empty] room.

Then I filled the room with a lot of his stuff so that living room wasn't so full of his stuff.  Nicer for company.  And the three-year-old liked it, too.

2nd Bedroom - Part 10: Paint

I was able to finish painting last weekend.  Over the course of a week or so I was able to put on a layer of primer (ceiling and walls), a thick coat of flat white on the ceiling, and two layers of semi-gloss pastel blue on the walls.  The first coat on the walls was a little splotchy because the paint looked white when it was wet and didn't turn blue until it dried.  Painting white on white is hard (the primer was white).  I may go back and touch up a couple of spots along the ceiling corners, but I might not.

I spent today (July 4th) installing trim.  I did the trim around the door and the base molding.  I'll do the window this weekend.