First Day Cottage Walpole

There has been a lot happening the last couple of weeks on the house.  I hired painters to do the high ceilings since I do not like to get on tall ladders and there is a limit to what I can do myself.  After realizing the cost, I am doing all the walls from the ceiling height down.  That includes the white washing and doing the polyurethane.  Every day I try and keep up with what they have done so it means long hours out there.  The office is nearly done.  I just need to put one more top coat of semi gloss on the window trim. Hallway coming along The siding on one of the gabled ends is almost finished And the big news is the kitchen cabinets have arrived!!  All but one was delivered so that is pretty good considering the pandemic. I am seeing some light at the end of the tunnel.

The painters are here and have begun to pickle the pine in the office.  It seems very white but won't be so stark when furnishings and curtains get added.  I like the calmness of it and it will prevent the wood from getting dark.  I am considering keeping the pine natural in the big area where we have plenty of light and it might be nice to highlight that darker wood.  Plus this is an expensive time consuming process and it will save to do it that way.  As it is, I will probably end up do as much of the work as I can safely reach.  I do not like heights so I will let them tackle those high ceilings.  This is the office.  Still needs to have the polyurethane sealer put on but the pickling is finished.  I will paint the casements around the windows. And we have a front door!  I love it and it closes with a satisfying click.  It will have a special front entrance and covered roof built around it and it needs to get painted but it's great to have it. Lots of tidying up t

Here is a little peek at some somewhat finished rooms.  The carpentry is done and the floors have been sanded and have two coats of poly on them.  There still needs to be white washing of all the walls, beams and ceiling and I will paint the window trim a soft white for contrast.  Right now it looks very "woody" but the white wash and paint will offer a different look while still retaining the beauty of the wood.  It won't darken up as pine does very quickly.  The half wall built to hide the wiring gives us nice deep window sills and a little ledge.  Let's hope it doesn't fill up with clutter.  Office Master Bedroom And here is what is going on downstairs.  I have literally turned the corner on the project and having finished the studio and center section, I am now in the workout/game room.  Those large rolls of plastic bubble wrap insulation you see still have to put up on the ceiling (by me) to keep the radiant heat going up instead of down.  I have ti