Weekend #7 - May 8-9

Weekend #7 was more of the same...removing wallpaper in the bathroom and off the ceilings and skim coating.  Scott and I worked on Saturday and Sunday.  Nan and Pap were there for a little while on Saturday to repair some downspouts. 

We had left the front room nearly untouched until this weekend.  We used it to hold some of the remaining furniture and just stuff that still remains at the house.  We spent the weekend finishing this room, scraping the ceiling and getting the bathroom done.  Lots of skim coating and sore upper bodies.  😊

Scraping the ceiling in the front room proved to be a bigger challenge than we could tackle.  Much of this room was paint on the plaster.   We took down as much of the paper as we could, but this room ended up with more paint on the ceiling than the other rooms.  

More quilt square wallpaper in the bathroom!  

Scott had a little injury.  I can't remember what the actual injury was, but we couldn't find a bandaid and Nan had already left!  We are a resourceful pair, and all Scott needed was a paper towel and some painters tape.  Never fear, we have a fully stocked first aid kit now.  😂

Sunday was Mother's Day.  We celebrated by working on the house! 

All good work days begin with a cup of coffee. 

Skim coating in the bathroom. 

Cleaning the skim coating tools.

I made another round in the basement.  It was mostly trash.  I found a box of items that must have been in a garage sale at some point.  Most of the things in that box had price tags on them.  This was the most fun find of the day "No Bugs M'Lady" shelf liner.  What a funny name!  Turns out this shelf liner is actually impregnated with insecticide.  It is also hazardous to humans and animals.  We sometimes do crazy things, right?  This package was unopened and went into the weekly trash.  

And no weekend would be complete without a work crew picture.  This one was taken in the front room, where we finished the scratch coat!  Finally, all the walls that needed the scratch coat were finished.  

We were only half way through the skim coating though...more to come.  😊