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I have been hard at work staining trim on and off today. Hubs and I both liked how the wood was coming out with one coat of stain...it was showing off the grain beautifully and the stain itself seemed nice and dark. We brought up this window sill piece make sure we truest liked only one coat of stain. And...I don’t know. Up against the green, I feel like it could stand to go darker, but that means a lot more work as well. Head to my stories and take my poll on one coat vs. two coats! (We will be making a test piece with two coats of stain to compare!) #palmerhouse #staining #trim #victorian #folkvictorian #pine #renovation #babyboyroom #nursery

Hubs made some excellent progress on the floor yesterday. I, however, made no progress at all with the trim work. The state of the house finally got under my skin and I went on a huge cleaning binger. The house now looks better and feels better, which makes this mama happy 😊. #palmerhouse #victorian #folkvictorian #nursery #babyboyroom #bedroom #renovation #clickandlock

They aren’t the prettiest, most polished pictures in the world but OH MY GOD! The first two rows of click and lock flooring are down (@pergofloors in Cambridge Abby Oak), the painted-over outlets were removed and replaced with black outlets, the switch for the fan was changed to a pearl inlet push-button switch, and the stunningly gorgeous switch plate covers were put on (@houseofantiquehardware in antique-by-hand aged brass)! Did you know a switch plate cover could be stunningly gorgeous? I mean I knew, but COME ON! All of the trim pieces have been sanded and are ready to be stained, which will start tomorrow. I HATE staining! 😫 Although I love the end product, it’s tedious and never-ending! However, the floor and the trim are all that’s left before we start making this room livable, so let’s hope we can move quickly!! #palmerhouse #victorian #folkvictorian #nursery #babyboyroom #renovation #restoration #flooring #trim #moulding #egganddart #1880

The York Grey is on the walls (Minus a little trim piece)! Tomorrow, I will cut in on the Nicolson Green!! #victorian #folkvictorian #paint #bedroom #boyroom #nursery #babyboyroom #palmerhouse #renovation @benjaminmoore

So, remember how I said I was going to pick up a gallon of paint today and roll out the walls? Yeah...Sherwin Williams closed before I could make it there 🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️. The good news is I called in the paint this evening and it will be ready to be picked up first thing in the morning by my dad, who is dropping off trim materials 🙌🏻! In the meantime, I dumped out my sample can of paint and got as far as I could! Minus the closet area, I got one out of the three sides of the room done (the fourth wall will be a green accent wall). Check out my stories if you want to watch some really satisfying time-lapse video! Tomorrow, all those samples will be covered up by their first coat of paint! #victorian #folkvictorian #palmerhouse #paint #babyboyroom #nursery #renovation #paint #painting #beforeandafter #restoration #cw45 #williamsburgcollection #yorkgrey #bedroomideas @benjaminmoore @colonialwmsburg

It’s 11 pm, but the first coat of cut-in in the York Grey is on the walls! The wall with the door and the A/C unit will be painted Nicolson Green, and I’m going to finish both coats of the York Grey before I move on to the green. Tomorrow I will roll the walls so that everything is at the same stage: first coat. The first coat always takes the longest because you have to be the most precise, whereas you can move quicker during the second coat because if you miss a tiny speck, no one will notice! I was much more precise than I needed to be cutting in against the ceiling because there will be cove moulding going up to cover up any imperfections. I’m so excited to roll the walls tomorrow! #victorian #folkvictorian #renovation #nursery #babyboyroom #paint #firstcoat #cutin #restoration #bedroom #yorkgrey @benjaminmoore

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