Stripping is my life!
Stripping is my life. Not really now, but it will be. We walked through our house last night and decided that the only way we were to get everything done in our estimated time frame of 6 months, (please oh please God let us get in there on time) we would need to create a calendar and stick to it. After assessing all woodwork to be stripped, I glanced down at our list and saw that in the 23 weeks left, we have over 26 doors, windows, and large baseboards left to strip. Broken down, that means we will be stripping woodwork for the next 6 months. Straight. Don't call, don't write, don't email...we will be stripping. Thanksgiving, we will be stripping. Christmas, we will be stripping. New Years, Groundhogs day, January 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., we will be stripping.
It's actually sort of exciting to think about. I have decided that it is a good thing! In fact, a great thing! If I can just focus on our schedule (this week will be one of the living room windows), than before we know it, 6 months will have passed, and our house will be our home! It gives me something to focus on, to see it as one thing at a time rather than all of this at once! Hooray for stripping woodwork!
It's actually sort of exciting to think about. I have decided that it is a good thing! In fact, a great thing! If I can just focus on our schedule (this week will be one of the living room windows), than before we know it, 6 months will have passed, and our house will be our home! It gives me something to focus on, to see it as one thing at a time rather than all of this at once! Hooray for stripping woodwork!
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Kathy, when I read your words online,it is all I can do to keep from crying. I am Paintbusters, the most prolific stripper/refinisher of Architectural woodwork that has ever been--3000 houses of wood trim, most in cincinnati, Ohio. I and a helper strip a ROOM of trim in 3 afternoons. We used to advertise a room in an 8 hr day, but the days got too hectic, and it reqired 2-3 helpers and myself, so we relaxed our claims. We do sell to Serious DIYs. See us at www.paintbusters.com
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