Front room

Sometime I hate myself because I have to have so many things just the way I want them. Then I am so busy I never get to relax. I just got a job today - Bridger Valley Propane. It is only a couple of days a week, but I just have to do things here at home at night instead of during the day. Just afraid my working out will nto be as regimented. Hopefully with the job I will be able to get a truck and a tailer soon. And I did have my bosses husband ask me to train a horse. I told him I have to wait until my knee is better, but that is two horses scheduled already this year....Oh, I guess I should tell you about the first one. I guess a couple at church had heard through the grape vine that I train and asked me some questions. She said that she wanted me to train her horse. I told her I have to wait. Then she asked me a few weeks later how I trained. I took about five minutes to give her a run down. After, she said I should teach community classes. I guess that is a nice pat on the back. I am still trying to find time to write my book, but I get discourage when I see so many people are writing and I feel so inadequate. I keep having to tell myself - It doesn't matter, at least it will be your own personal accomplishment. - So I got home today at about 5:30 and after taking care of things here I primed the ceiling and walls - two hours. My muscles are really screaming at me. A lot of work putting mudd up etc. I actually didn't lift weights this week so that I would not be tired, but it is still hard holding that mudd and working above your head.

If you have ever purchased an older home I am sure you know it can be a pain.

This home is not only older and lookes like a pre-fab home(it is not), but it has panelled walls.

I thought I would be daring and save money and mudd over it instead of putting up drywall.  Well in the hall I did not tape the seams.  Major mistake and I am sure it is going to bite me in the butt.  But in the front room I taped all seams and taped the corners.  So hopefully no cracking.

There was wall paper and a paper backing on the wall.  The wall behind the piano I left the paper backing, but had to prime it.  When I tried to mudd over it there was a lot of beading of the paper and I couldnt get a smooth finish.  So after priming it my idea of just mudding the wall to a flat surface and putting a suede paint on it did not work.  There was too much of a roll in the wall.  So I decided to texture it.  The wall on the left I removed all the wall paper and paper backing.

Up above is the ceiling after I removed all the egg texture.  I tried to texture it, but the mudd would nto stick and the paper underneath would flake off...So I had to prime it...another day, another step.

I filled in all of the seams with mudd...I should have primed the wall first.  Some spots did not stick.  I them sanded it down.

Wall after priming - I will put a pine chair rail and a pine moulding around the window.  And we will be getting rid of the pink carpet one of these days.

Ceiling has all been textured and primed.

--Next Project--

I will remove the wall paper border, egg ceiling and texture.  New light fiture hear and throughout the house.  They still have the ones fromt 1973....yuck. I would like to make a breakfast nook to put in the corner.  I will go up to the mountains this year and get a few cords of wood to see what I can come up with.

You can see that just painting over this paneling there are seams....those will be filled in.