The coat of varnish we put on Friday night turned out pretty good despite the temperature. So on Saturday we decided to put another coat on for extra protection. We also made a Home Depot run to pick up a can of dark brown paint for the ceiling's exposed beams. We wanted to keep them white but the wood color kept showing through so we decided to embrace it rather than fight it... Then we removed the blue tape, picked up our tools, finished a few odds and ends and voilà ! the room is finally finished :
We're happy with the way it turned out, especially the floors (shiny, huh !) and the beams. It feels great to have that one more room done, with the small bedroom, that's 2 rooms down, only 11 to go ! We still have a few bits and bobs to finish in the hallway and closets, but overall the 3rd floor is almost done. The contractor is coming today to start installing new fresh water / heating pipes so hopefully by the end of the week we should be able to turn the radiators on and have heat up there !
These days we have also had a great deal of help from our friend Ryan : drywall, wall insulation, window framing, paint, nothing scares him. He is coming to help so often that we made a key for him so now he is coming even when we are not here ! Talk about a good friend...
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