to the cottage guests now visiting our "Cottage Life" site! My name is Kim and I'd like to invite you to join my husband and me as we, project by project, turn our ordinary little ranch style house into a one-of-a-kind, old-fashioned cottage - and on a very small budget! If you love the charm and simplicity of days gone by, you'll feel right at home here. Please feel free to email me with your questions and comments...and remember to sign my cottage guestbook before you leave!


Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Blankety Plank Plank Plank

Seventy-seven ceiling planks primed!

Only 109 more to go...

Our plan was to prime *all* the planks yesterday, but we had to mow the lawn which took a chunk of time out of our schedule. *sigh* (Plus hubs and I decided to go and have a finger lickin' good lunch at Famous Daves Barbeque...Hot wings and rib tips to die for!)

We've decided to go ahead and put one coat of paint on all the planks after priming them. We tested a couple of primed and painted pieces yesterday and they fit together just fine without any force. So we're good to go.:)

posted by Kim at 10:33 AM

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At 10:34 PM, Dandelion Seeds said...

This is off topic, but I am writing to let you know that there is a 48 hour prayer chain started for Susan Godfrey (you are on her blog's list of friends). Please spread the word so we can cover this family in prayer.

In Him,
Amy

 
At 12:08 PM, Crystal said...

I saw you were on Susan's friend's list and I wanted to let you know that we are putting together a special encouragement box for the Godfreys. More information is here

Thank you for helping to uphold this dear family.

Crystal
http://www.BiblicalWomanhood.com

 
At 2:08 PM, bookyeti said...

Wow Kim that sounds like a real job! Whew! Keep on truckin'. *hugs*

 
At 2:24 PM, Pam said...

how many left? That sounds like an awful lot. We (I should say my husband) put up about 10 to repair a wall in our bedroom - now I'm wondering if we should have primed/painted them first. Ah well, live and learn!

btw, thanks for the color swatch thing - that was very cool of you :)

 
At 11:01 PM, Kim said...

Thanks you all:)

They are *all* primed...now we just have to paint!

 
At 7:03 PM, bamabelle said...

Oh my gosh! I found houseblogs.net today from an article in the paper. Last year I bought a Folk Victorian built in 1890. It took a lot of persuading to convince my husabnd that he would grow to love the house. At first he hated the plank walls and ceiling. Right now, he still has 'issues' with the Money Pit, but everyone who has come by has commented on how cozy it is...despite the horros the previous owners committed against it.

But, as you probably know, things like roof repairs and replacing wood rot in the floors comes way ahead of things like bad paint jobs.

Anyway, when I saw that you had plank walls and ceilings, I just had to drop you a note.

 
At 7:54 AM, Kim said...

Hi Kim! Hope I "made" it here! ;-)

I love, love your blog and your home. I think your new ceiling is going to look beautiful! Can't wait to see the results. Everything that you have done so far in your cottage home is wonderful.

Kim

 
At 10:38 AM, Kim said...

Hi BamaBelle and Kim! Good to see you! And thanks for dropping me a note! I hope to update again soon, lol!

 

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