Progress Update: March 29th

(Mary applying first coat of paint)

The 9 dresser drawers for the forward cabin are just about finished. They need a little paint touch-up on the faces and they will be good to go. 
They were really nasty and smoke stained as this cabin was right next to the one with heavy fire damage. We were able to salvage them with a bit of work. They look great!

Eric prep sanding the drawers

ready for primer

 Mary hand-sanding primer

Two coats of paint after one coat of primer. Just need a bit of touch-up on the faces.

Beautiful donated handles

 

Progress Update: March 22nd

 (Eric doing sanding prep)

The forward cabin is painted! The drawers for the 2 dressers still need to be sanded and painted, the overhead customized and the floor carpeted. 
The new mahogany hand rail and walnut floor trim have also been installed in the forward hallway. 

 Penny supervising!

Primer coat on the walls.

This bunk storage space needed some extra work. Eric shored up one of the inner floorboards and also filled several cracks and openings along the bottom back section with 2 applications of expanding foam. The foam was then trimmed flush and painted.

 Getting started with primer inside one of the dressers. The bottom back had an opening that we filled with expanding foam.

Mary applying first coat of paint.

Penny supervising installation of floor trim. The mahogany hand rail looks really nice!

Progress Update: March 4th

(Eric making floor trim)

The hallway floor is painted and Eric is now making upper trim and baseboard as well as a mahogany hand rail. Amazing what you can make out of leftover scrap!
Spackling is completed in the forward cabin and sanding has begun. 

Eric sanding, grinding and puttying the old plywood flooring. 

Mary applying Kilz primer. 

Eric applying the second coat of gray.

Beautiful!

Eric cutting out the mahogany hand rail for the forward hallway.

Hand rail ready for finish sanding and then varnish.

Eric sanding black walnut trim for the forward hallway.

 Work has begun in the second cabin up forward.