Friday, June 29, 2012

Stairs Misery

Oh, you'd think I was a totally inexperienced DIYer regarding those stairs.  Here I was thinking it was gonna be a quick and dirty job.  All done by the end of the day today.

Ha!

I started yesterday morning with removing the rest of those stupid upholstery staples.  All seven zillion of them.  Then I sanded the stairs once with my palm sander and coarse sandpaper.  Messy, messy, messy.  Then I did the same thing with fine grit sandpaper.  More messy.  While I was at it I took the sander to the chipped trim on the staircase as well.  The whole thing needs a re-paint so I figured that while I was making a mess, I might as well.

After a shop-vac and a run at it with my Dyson, it looks like this:

top run of stairs

bottom run of stairs

All ready for priming and painting!  But it took me all day yesterday to complete the job.  Then I had to clean up the rest of my house since there was a fine layer of filth all over everything from the sanding.  I was super grumpy.  I like instant gratification.

Then I got my mail...

What have we here????  A present??? FOR ME???




It's a present for me!!!  I won a giveaway at My Best Friend Craig.  I can't wait to show you the gallery wall where I'm hanging it in Audrey's room.

Thank you for brightening my day Charmaine!

xo Meg

4 comments:

  1. Wow. You have incredible patience! It looks like an incredibly tedious job, but I'm sure your hard work will pay off when you're finished. I love the beautiful sketch you won! Looking forward to checking out Charmaine's blog now.

    Have a great weekend.

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  2. No better way to cheer you up than with some yummy art!

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  3. You are almost at the finish line! The new paint is going to make a world of difference.

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  4. Yay! Good timing! :) Can't wait to see it in Audrey's room. Stairs are a pain! You can do it!

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