Kitchen, Paint, Second Floor

It's hard to believe May is already over!  But I feel like I got a good amount accomplished this weekend.

I made a start on the Loft kitchen, getting the layout drawn on the length of wood that will serve as the back of the cabinets.  And then I cut the full floor to ceiling lengths that will surround the fridge, the double ovens, spice/baking sheet cabinet and pantry.

And I did a test fit of the stairs to be sure they'd fit next to the counter under the window.

Right now I'm not sure if I want to do an island or not.  And I'm still debating the cabinet finish.  I'm not sure about a dark color because the stairs won't really stand out.  I have time to think about it.  Maybe some blonde wood, that's very mid century modern.

The other thing I did was paint. And paint. And sand and then paint some more.

I'd mistakenly reversed my paint plan, putting the lighter color in the main space and the darker in the bedroom and bathroom.  So I had to correct that.

I also glued the main part of the house walls to the floor.  The addition isn't glued in yet so I've got space to maneuver and work on things but after a while not gluing the walls in just feels like procrastinating.

I'd been using Jodi's Hip to Be Square lamp from Shapeways and got the base painted.  The shade arrived and I painted it a nice dark blue to match some of the blue on the feature wall.

I think some polish for the base and it'll be good to go.  I like the matte look to the shade.

But that was all I accomplished for the Loft this weekend.  I worked on the bookshop after that, lots of staining.  Didn't end up with a ton of pictures because most of my day was staining spindles, newel posts and railings.

You know how you save things and now and then you think, 'I should throw that away' but you don't because you never know if you'll need it?  Yeah.  I'm so glad I saved the spindle spacer from the Gothic Victorian.

I took some photos with my phone of the railings getting glued in and put them on Instagram.  Not my finest work. Lots of glue and clips.

6/3/19 Got the images off Instagram!

The end result is nicer looking.

I glued the second floor in and the back walls for it.  Then tested out the bookcases.  I need to know where they fit exactly so I can put the baseboards up against them.  I don't want to put the baseboards behind them because then they won't stay flat against the wall.

The third floor isn't glued in yet, but I wanted to make sure everything still fit correctly.

I'll have to start on the rest of the trim next week, baseboards for the first and second floor, crown molding for the second floor and the window trim for the second floor.  Then the electricity will have to go in.

So rather than box up the bookshelves again I left everything inside and did another dry fit of the whole house.

Once the electricity goes in I can add the brick.

Feels like I'm making progress.  Hope everyone else is having a great weekend.