130 Davis » Dinning room

Painting Hardwood floor

admin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:20:49 +0000

1. First I started with cleaning out the room
2. Disconnected the radiator and moved it outside the room.
3. Patched holes and cracks as good as possible with wood filler. (whatever brand)
4. Sand floor. I started with a medium-grit paper, since thats the one I had laying around. Next time I would use a more heavier grit paper.
5. Vacuumed twice!
6. Apply primer. I used two coats of Zinsser Bulls Eye 1-2-3. This was good since it filled up the cracks in between the wood.
7. Waited 24 hours. I wanted to sand once more but after two coats of primer the floor felt smooth enough.
8. Apply one coat of paint. After a few days of heavy discussions I made the decision to have them painted black, Behr “Raven” Black. I used a brush for the corners and a roller for the rest.
9. Waited 24 hours and installed the molding around the baseboard. Once that was done I painted the baseboard and molding Swiss Coffee (Vaspar)… in the process I painted all the molding around the windows and doors too.
10. Waited 24 hours and painted another coat of “Raven” black.
11. I had some leftover Hammered Silver (Rustoleum) and painted the radiator silver.

The floor took 2 days to completly dry. I’m very happy with the endresult, a modern, clean looking room… now I need to buy some decorations!

Wood Graining

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:20:25 +0000

Since the basement has to wait we started doing all the other stuff first before my parents come and visit us. First thing the diningroom baseboards are painted and i thought it would look better if we could bring back the wood. Since stripping is a timeconsuming process i looked into wood graining. To test it I bought some MinWax Stain Gel (Oak) and a wood comb.

Process takes 24 hours to dry and then we can apply the stain color to get the correct color depth. Its a messy job but it looks pretty good and i hope to finish this next week.

Here is the end result.

Dinning room chandelier, touchup kitchen

admin — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:44:29 +0000

Bought the West Elm Metal and Wood Chandelier and hung it in the dinningroom. The aircounit in the window needs to be removed but that thing is so heavy I need a second pair of hangs to help me lift that behemoth. In the kitchen I installed new vinyl base trim.