Alright, y’all. September is right here. The lengthy vacation weekend is over. And I spent a soothing weekend gearing up for this ultimate push between now and the tip of the 12 months as a result of I actually wish to get the lobby and bed room completed earlier than we ring in a brand new 12 months.
However I’ve to confess that I’ve sort of misplaced steam, and it’s over a silly however irritating and recurring subject. I had hoped to be completed with sanding the drywall within the lobby by now. Heck, I had hoped to be completed putting in the trim by now. However there’s one factor that has hindered my progress, and it’s actually the dumbest subject ever. I can’t get the plastic between the closet and the lobby to remain up.
I do know. It sounds silly, proper? However I’ll put the plastic up, then begin working (sanding) and possibly have an hour or so to work earlier than I flip round and see this…
At this level, I’ve misplaced rely of what number of instances I’ve retaped that plastic. I’ve tried totally different painters tapes, and none of them stick longer than an hour. I don’t know if it’s because all the things in that closet is painted with Sherwin Williams paint, and it has some sort of non-stick protecting high quality to it that makes it straightforward to scrub (which, after all, is nice in a paint) but in addition signifies that tape gained’t follow it. However this has been so extremely irritating that I lastly simply gave up, determined to benefit from the lengthy vacation weekend and never do any work, after which sort out it once more right now.
Painters tape simply gained’t work. And it’s not simply the ceiling that it gained’t follow. It gained’t keep on the edges which can be taped to the cupboards, both. My solely possibility appears to be masking tape, however oh my goodness, I hate utilizing masking tape on painted surfaces. If I’m going to take down that plastic that has been taped up there with masking tape, and it peels off the paint, I’ll cry. That may imply having to return and do sanding and repainting within the completed closet, and I don’t wish to go backwards.
Anyway, I do know it sounds silly, however that one subject prompted me to utterly lose steam on this lobby. I can’t end the partitions with out doing much more sanding. And I can’t sand with the plastic down between the closet and lobby. And whereas I had the excuse of an extended vacation weekend to place that on the again burner over the previous couple of days, that excuse has run out right now. I’ll put the plastic again up (for concerning the tenth time) right now, and I suppose I’ll use masking tape and hope for the very best.
I did lastly determine to skip the sanding for now and a minimum of get some trim up, although. I wanted to see some progress in that path. So I received the doorways trimmed out and the baseboards minimize and connected. After which I received the bottom cap trim minimize, but it surely’s not connected but.
In fact, I had hoped to get the partitions all sanded and primed earlier than any trim went up, however that plastic subject prevented me from doing this within the right order. That is what it does after a few hours each single time.
And since I used to be so annoyed, my thoughts wasn’t actually on what I used to be doing, and I minimize the facet trim for this door an inch too brief. I went forward and put it up, and I’ll simply connect the little piece to the underside, use wooden filler, sand, and paint. Nobody will discover.
And I did determine to go forward and wrap the trim round onto the jambs of the closet doorway. I’ll even be wrapping the grasscloth wallpaper onto the jambs as effectively. It’s the one manner that actually made sense in my thoughts if I wish to preserve that doorway tall and open (which I do) which prevents me from trimming out this doorway like the opposite doorways.
In order that’s it. At the very least there’s somewhat little bit of progress. There would have been a lot extra if that plastic had cooperated. This morning, I’ll get the masking tape out and see if that works. If not, I actually don’t know what different choices I’ve. In case you have any good concepts that I’m overlooking, please share!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and enhance the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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