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I should stop posting plans.
Today I did exactly what I said I wouldn't. I committed Baseboard on one side of the dining room, including mitering my first corner ever. The verdict? It's ok. Not perfect. The quarter round came out better than the baseboard itself. Wood workers out there will probably roll their eyes when I say the corner itself isn't even, but it's not. If I try to tuck the wallpaper border into the corner and make the turn, I soon find that the paper angle is veering down toward the floor--I need to cut the paper at the bend and do a little creative overlapping. But you can't do creative overlapping with a baseboard. Which is why they make colored wood putty.
I also put up the new wallpaper border on one side of the room. It looks really, really good. Laser levels are the bomb.
Overall, the room looks heaps better. Amazing what strips of patterned paper and wood will do. If I plan to do much more of this, though, I need a worktable with vises and such.
Books have arrived--more on Rudolph II and Illinois history. Also Pterry's Wintersmith, which I'm looking forward to muchly.
Today I did exactly what I said I wouldn't. I committed Baseboard on one side of the dining room, including mitering my first corner ever. The verdict? It's ok. Not perfect. The quarter round came out better than the baseboard itself. Wood workers out there will probably roll their eyes when I say the corner itself isn't even, but it's not. If I try to tuck the wallpaper border into the corner and make the turn, I soon find that the paper angle is veering down toward the floor--I need to cut the paper at the bend and do a little creative overlapping. But you can't do creative overlapping with a baseboard. Which is why they make colored wood putty.
I also put up the new wallpaper border on one side of the room. It looks really, really good. Laser levels are the bomb.
Overall, the room looks heaps better. Amazing what strips of patterned paper and wood will do. If I plan to do much more of this, though, I need a worktable with vises and such.
Books have arrived--more on Rudolph II and Illinois history. Also Pterry's Wintersmith, which I'm looking forward to muchly.
