Monday, May 11, 2009

professional strippers, that's us.

i didn't think there were any surfaces left in the house that the former owner hadn't painted, but i was wrong.

Newel (before)
the newels had to be stripped.  so once again, dabney and i donned our rubber gloves and went at 'em with our scrapers and wire brushes.

Stripping

Newel (after)
the little hole in the middle? that's where the previous owner had decided to install a LIGHT SWITCH of all things!?  we'll conceal it somehow.

fortunately for us, the balusters and the handrail are getting professionally-done.

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1 comment:

  1. Leandre5/11/2009 12:41 PM

    VERY wise choice to have the balusters done by someone else. Very. Wise. I was responsible for stripping the ones in our house in MA and I nearly killed myself and Al in the process.

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