“A little putty, a little paint makes the carpenter what she ain’t.”
I’m not such a detail person when it comes to building stuff, I’m more about the general overall effect. Sorta a ‘squint real hard and wiggle your head a little and it’ll look alright’ kinda gal. A while ago I wanted to make some sleeping nooks in the spare bedroom, and I wanted them to be paneled with wainscoting – however you choose to pronounce it. I was in too much of a rush to paint the backside of the raw wood pieces so they wouldn’t warp, and knew I’d pay for it later.
Well, the panels crack at the seams on a regular basis. Tonight I re-caulked them, since Lloyd’s parents are visiting next weekend. I’m not too worried about making it last forever, since someday I’ll tear the whole thing out and put a jacuzzi in there. For now, it’ll do.
Before:
After:
More nails. Definitely more nails. I’m a big fan of securing things to a rediculous degree. One of the ceilings in my house is more screws than drywall. There’s so much metal in the ceiling it would probably qualify as a nuclear shelter.
I can’t believe Lauren didn’t solve this with L Brackets.
We’ve reached the limit on L Brackets per household. We are currently trying to reduce our L Bracket footprint.
I wish you could have made those quotation marks around the title with little pictures of your hands. That would have been perfect.
Dnag.
AN EXCELLENT JOB!! I’m impressed.
If a bed is against this wall, I would have just put some decoratives pillows in front of the cracks!
I just want you to get the jacuzzi…
OOh it looks nice! Your saying reminded me of one my MIL always said when we did dishes together: “A good dryer makes the washer look good.”
I can’t take credit for the saying -- I heard it on some decorating show. I really should think about inventing a saying…..
If I bought a cordless caulking gun, would you caulk the outside of our house with it?
If it’s gadgety, I’m pretty sure Lauren will do anything
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Is your house leaking again? I told you a houseboat wouldn’t work in Colorado.