Beadboard... Before and After

I took this photo yesterday about 6pm.  John stayed until he'd finished putting the first coat of sealer on the beadboard in the living room, dining room, kitchen.  He and Chris had done the bedroom in the morning.  It is looking SOOO good!!!  I wish the pictures were clearer, but they just don't let you see how much better it really is.  The stain I'd started with, and what is on all the beadboard, is Minwax Golden Oak.  Before I finally picked this color stain, I bought several quarts of different colors.  Sure wish Lowe's had those 2 oz samples. 
By the way... Just about everything we've used in the remodeling project, we bought at Lowe's in Texarkana, Texas.  We tried shopping at The Home Depot, but we always came back to Lowe's. 
The sealer is Minwax Oil-Modified Water-Based Polyurethane Semi-Gloss... purchased at Lowe's, of course. 

 This was from Feb 20th.  The crown moulding and trim had been painted.  The beadboard looks good without the sealer on it, but it needs that extra something to finish the look.  I'd wanted the Satin finish, but they didn't have the Water-Based in the Satin.  Semi-Gloss has a little more shine/reflection than I wanted, but I certainly wouldn't change now. :-)

Here is the photo I took this morning.  There is a definite reflection of light on the ceiling now. And this is just the first coat.  The instructions on the can says that Water-Based Polyurethane needs at least 3 coats with drying time of 2 hours between coats.  John said the odor wasn't too bad, either.  They had the doors and windows open...  I didn't notice any odor, either.

 This is on the right side of the fireplace.  Not sure what day it was, but it was night time.  The crown moulding is up and painted...  The paint is Valspar Filoli Honey... purchased at Lowe's. :-)

Oh, Yes!!! Much better!!! Sorry about the optical illusion look to the beadboard.  I thought I had the resolution set to the highest possible, but I'd changed it for some reason and didn't put it back.

Another night time shot...

From this morning. 
I guess that will do for now.  I'll look through my photos to see if there's anything else that I think you might be interested in seeing.
Oh...  The Corp of Engineers has raised the lake level back up to normal.  I'll put a couple of those up next...

Window trim and ceiling fans

We thought we'd like the rosettes at the corners of the window trim, but after seeing them...  Well...  We decided to go back to the traditional 45 degree angled trim.  This just didn't look right.

I'm sorry about all the clutter, but this is a work in progress.  I guess I could have moved the extra tile to the storage building today, but it was snowing!  And John was trying to work on the trim.  I didn't want to get in his way.  I took these photos last night about 10:30.
LOL!!!  I was sweeping some sawdust in the sunroom (just around the corner from where I was standing) when John's air compressor tried to come on.  I had that little heater plugged in to keep it from being so cold down here.  It startled me, because I knew I was the only one there...  It tripped the breaker.  Hmmm...  I thought there was enough amps to not be doing that???  Will ask Tommy, the electrician, about that when I figure out how to use my new cell phone.  :-)

Lights, trim, and fans...

Ok...  How does this fan look to you???  That's what I thought, too.  It really doesn't look right.  That's because when I bought it, the ceiling was going to be painted.  But there was enough stained beadboard for the whole room.  I intended to take it back and get one as close to the ones in the living room...  But I misunderstood about when Tommy, the electrician, was coming and didn't put a note on the box...  And my cell phone kicked the bucket, so he couldn't talk to me about what went where...  Does anyone need a white ceiling fan? I still have the box... and the instruction guide...  :-)  Not to worry.  I'll go back to Lowe's and look through their awesome fan collection.  I bet I'll find a Hunter fan that will be perfect! 



This is the trim for the whole house.  Doesn't it look good???  I know... it's hard to tell much about a bunch of lumber tied in bundles.   Just wait til I show you pictures of the window trim!!!  I took these pictures on Monday, the 7th, the same day the electrician was here. 

Oh...  I thought I had a picture of the fans in the living room.  This is only showing the recessed lights over the fireplace and windows.  Terry, the tile guy, got the tile laid around the hearth.  It's the same tile that in the floor of both bathrooms.  At some point we may have him come back and tile over the fireplace.  I think I'll clean it first.  The color looks good with the honey colored walls.