On Saturday I painted the inside surface on five of the remaining six doors. Standing around waiting for paint to dry is about as exciting as...standing around watching paint dry. I took off on the motorcycle, allowing the panels to bake in the sun from 11am until 4pm when I returned. They came out OK, so I flipped them over, painted them, and went back out. A tip, painting outside at dusk in warm weather, means Gnats, those tiny little flying insects that fly into everything. Luckily the paint surface had cured enough to keep them from becoming a painted in. The following morning was a tad depressing when the paint pealed off in sheets on two of the doors. A repaint cured the problem.
This leaves one cabinet door to be finished.
Even though the dining room will be painted in the same blues, we are proceeding to the Living room next. This is due to the fact that there are some pieces of furniture which are destined to leave to other people, which are too big to move around or work behind and the people taking them are not ready for them yet. The living room will require the dis-assembly and removal (to the street) of a television entertainment monstrosity. Then it will be just a matter of moving the couch, chairs and table to the middle of the room, covering them with tarps and the cleaning can begin.
As far as little jobs in the preceding rooms, the list is huge. But all of it is piece work and can be attacked individually without affecting things around them. the ugliest is the closet and cabinet interiors. They all need painting, shelf repair and some form of base lining.
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