Slow but sure Progress
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Last weekend, about the only thing accomplished was Riley got the foam board floor cut and cut the wall so that it will fit. I got a little sanding done with some help from 6 yr. old Rebecca. She wanted to help, so I handed her an emory board and let her work on some tabs. She loved it.
At one time she did have the sanding block, and did a fair job of following the grain except when she decided another spot needed sanding and zip across the grain she went--luckily no damage done.
Today, though, since I'm not going to electrify this house, I decided that I could go ahead and paint the outside walls. I spent some time in sanding trying to ensure that the surface was real smooth. Then I painted the walls with American Accent Nutmeg and used Heirloom white for the primer for the inside walls. Of course, in my usual manner, when the Nutmeg dried and I turned it over to paint the interior--I got overzealous (actually until I started on the third piece, it didn't occur to me to check where that extra paint slopping over the window openings was going) and when it dried had the unique pleasure of having to sand and/or use fingernail polish remover to get the white off the nutmeg on the front and repainting. (Queen of the Do-Over--that's me 
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I know this doesn't look like much progress, but it took me most of the day. While waiting for this to dry (again) I decided to try a trick I had read about in an old Nutshell News magazine. It had an article in it where someone had used foam board for flooring and instead of using siding or sticks glued to the floor to get a hardwood look, they scribed the board and painted. Earlier in the week, I had tried to cut a few shingles to the appropriate width and had trouble with it following the grain instead of my knife. So reading this, I thought "Let's try this, cuts out a step and the picture they had of their floor looked real good". So here is my attempt (at least I remembered to try on a scrap piece--maybe save me another "do-over" LOL).
Here is my attempt. I'm going to wait until tomorrow and spray or paint varnish on top. The stain is Miniwax Early American. I may try different colors, it may look better darker. Feed back on trying this something new will be greatly appreciated.
I will explain more about how we plan on lowering the floor later when I get to the point of inserting it.
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