A While Back

Between snow and one thing after another I am finally getting to this. A couple of weeks ago we went over to take care of a few things. Terry installed the newly painted black knobs in the guest room. I think he was proud of himself.

 

As you can see, I do have fine photography skills, as evidenced by my finger in the upper left corner of that picture.

The main project for a while there was the antique bed.  I guess in the olden days, they had super stain, more powerful than any I've ever seen before.   First Janice sanded and then cleaned it with tsp and painted primer on it.  Then I put on a coat of Behr Ultra Pure White in satin, which is the white we've been using all over the house in various versions.
 

When that dried, the stain was seeping through the primer and paint.   We were surprised.  So then Janice painted on a coat of Kilz.  I followed that with another later of the Behr satin paint.  When I went to check, sure enough it was still coming through in several places:

and also here and other places:

So I put more Kilz over just the places where it was still showing, followed by two more coats of the white paint.  Now it finally looks good.  We're pretty proud of the final product.  I hope it's not too small!  Just think, back in the olden days, couples slept in a full sized bed all the time.  Probably laying there awake, designing a king-sized bed.

Have a great day!

Love Vicki