Saw

I borrowed Greg’s miter saw to do the miter cuts for the picture frame moulding for the dining room project.  Without it I’d still be cutting.  Thanks Greg!
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Bonus picture: the finished product! Phone photo does not do it justice. Already it feels like it should have been this way all along.
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Dining room about halfway done

Here you’ll see the final color coat on the upper part of our dining room walls.  Lis picked out this color and it’s quite striking. I used Benajmin Moore’s new Aura paint, which is expensive but covered in this color in one coat! Worth every penny.
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Still to be done: picture frame moulding inside the panels, finish coat on the white portions, touchup of the white/red boundary, and electrical to replace beige fixtures with white.

Color

Those of you who have been to our old Southboro house know that Lis and I are not afraid of color when it comes to paint.  Here you can see the wainscot project’s progress: primer on the panels, and a swatch of the color selection on the upper part of the walls.
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And yes, the wallpaper and cabinets in the kitchen are hideous. That’s a much bigger project, though.

Wind hold

This is what happens at Sugarloaf when all but 3 of the lifts are closed due to wind hold. Thanks to some quick thinking my Michael and me, we did some hiking to get to deserted terrain and had a grand old adventure regardless.  That’s Michael on the left, and the line for the T-bar on the right.
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Bonus picture: This is what happens when I decide to pack it in for the day at lunch.
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