LL Guest Room... part 2

Home School Assignment for this morning was..

PLASTER REPAIR

PHASE 1

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bright and early

we are BACK in the LL Guest Room

me and my gal..

(wait.. is that room REALLY Pink? 

or do you just have bad lighting in photo..?

oh.. it's REALLY pink.. like that dining room was REALLY 

striped yellow and deep purple...

this is..

Calamine Lotion PINK!

that said ..

you know it won't STAY pink!

we are on a MISSION!

so

this is what the boys left us 

what are WE going to do?

well.. I will show Princess the problem areas we are prepared to work on

(not the gaping gashes.. not prepared JUST yet)

will will IGNORE that scary nightmare for now..

and she will do the work... 

areas like this

are all over the corners of the room

we will use the plaster again..

JUST like in the littlest room

remember THAT??

oh my!

didn't read it?

oh..

read it HERE 

(yes click that purple word  to read all about THAT major repair)

she has gotten out her supplies

Dab Patching Plaster

a spackle thing-e

a ziplog bag

a soft paint brush for wiping away crumblies and dust 

because she will have to scrape away some plaster that is 

loose and damaged..

oh and a scissor 

yep that is all..

and.. 

YEP!  she remembered to put her plaster repair in a ziplock..

she will FROST it

FROST it?

yes..

didn't you go back and READ THIS ???

giggling..

you need to!

so why am I trusting Princess to do such an important JOB ?

because I have trained her

she has watched and learned,

practiced under me

and I trust her!

Besides she's so good at this..

she is after all 

the best baker in the house!

so excited! aren't you?

The Littlest Room - part 4

The cracks

so many

some big

some little

some long

some short

some deep

some shallow

and 

I had to figure OUT what to do about it...

FIRST I figured I would just put My tried and true DAB Spackle stuff on..

it goes on pink but dries white..

BUT...

once I realized this was PLASTER

I had my doubts.. and expressed them to Cody our True Value Guy

yes WE are THAT cool

we HAVE a TRUE VALUE "Guy" .. do you?

any hoo..

HE went to school for this.. 

(yep, he DID! shocking I KNOW!)

some tech college,

 where he learned ALL sorts of uber handy things that will be helpful to me :)

and he agreed...

the pink stuff wouldn't cut it..

I had to use a different DAB product..

that said..

I went home and had to figure out HOW to get the product INTO the cracks

it's NOT like they are ALL in the easy spots

this was going to be VERY tricky...

and frankly..

(can I BE frank with you?)

I really didn't want to ask the men for counsel

I didn't FEEL like a committee meeting

I just wanted to GET to it

ever feel like that?

so I sat down in the room

and prayed...

I looked around me

and JUST TALKED TO JESUS

and you know what came to me?

baking cookies

decorating cookies

and cakes

and I went downstairs and had some Amish Toffee

(it was the closest thing to sweets I had)

and then...

I went back up..

and tried to think

and it came to me!

I called for Princess, and asked for her to bring a Ziploc bag

I ran and got a scissor, and the Spackle thing 

I LOVE when prayer is answered like this..

this is SUCH a girl thing too

NO way Machine Man would have thought of this one!

I started thinking of all the cookie bakes I have had with friends

and with Princess

except THIS time

instead of YUMMY yummy icing

it was thick plaster repair stuff

wow.. would THIS idea REALLY work

or 

was I the nut my beloved knew me to be?

squishing it in the bag 

here's to hoping

and

trusting

and to piping

there is my slit

walla

now it's REALLY in that Crack

and getting it into the corners where the walls meet is NOT problem

Where EVER I could I just used my Spackle knife thing-E

everywhere else,

like these corners

I just wet my finger and wiped it in

like I was caulking a window or a tub

this went SO well

so quickly too!

what to you think?

insane brilliance or WHAT?

such a girl way to do it! 

LOVE that!

some spots were easy

but..

It would seem that

I have underestimated just HOW many cracks I had

so.. 

(I am cracked- giggling)

I will attack only the really icky cracks

and leave the pretty cracks alone

Machine Man does not really differentiate

but he says he is glad that I do

and that the room will have character

he likes rooms with character

(smiling!) 

note to self

THIS is what I used

JUST in case those pretty,darling, dainty little cracks 

don't turn out to BE so pretty after I prime the walls 

like I "imagine", 

and I have to plaster, again,

needing to buy more of this wonder stuff..

see..

pretty little cracks RIGHT?

romantic?

They make me feel like I am back in France :)

bliss

dreamy

hmmm

Here are some shots of the views from the Littlest Room

I thought you might enjoy seeing!

sorry the picture is grainy

I shot this through the screen...

 another from the other window,

can you see that little fence line?

that is one of the fences with grapes growing on it! 

so exciting!

and another.. pretty right?

i love it!

directly below this room is a little patio

&

 a wee garden... 

We hope to clear some of the undergrowth to help the forest be healthier

& the flowers to flourish

oh yes

...

there are berries all over this area!

hmmm should be beautiful to wake up to!

next

sanding and priming!

prayers WELCOME!

The Littlest Room - part 2

PROGRESS!!!!

Talk about 

SWEAT EQUITY

This is some seriously difficult work

check out Princess laboring away :)

she IS learning what it IS to restore a home

FIRST hand

what it costs in time, in talent and in resources

how to do it on a budget

and how to do it 

with nearly NO budget

(thanks to RESTORE & good will)

FEAR NOT

No child labor laws are being broken.. 

Princess is not doing this room alone :)

she just looks a LOT better on this side of the camera!

IS the student

&

isn't taking photography classes! (YET)

(certainly NOT on my new camera )

(yet)

we are working together on this room

so much opportunity to learn, to teach....

sometimes boyz come in and help

and learn

but..

 they all end up leaving after a while ...

she stays laboring along side me.. 

Anyhooo

~

that glamorous wallpaper was hiding

VERY fancy cracks

of VARIOUS

lengths and widths

equal opportunity at our place 

:)

check out that doooozy

YOWZA!

One wall just about done.. more to go ...

and.. a ceiling..

ugh...