Almost Finished!

[John Kuthe]

https://i.postimg.cc/JMwfMzp1/Almost-finished.jpg

Looking VERY GOOD!

John Kuthe, Climate Anarchist, Suburban Renewalist and Vegetarian

[jay]

Appears to be quite a bit left to do.

From the looks of that drop cloth you flat out slung some paint at
those walls. Why did you not paint the ceiling first? You did take the
switch plates off correct?

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Monday, July 13, 2020 at 2:11:14 PM UTC-5, jay wrote:
>
> You did take the
> switch plates off correct?
>

Wait.

What??

[Dave Smith]

Don't laugh. My wife offered to paint our bedroom. We had really wide
baseboards which I had intended to replace with a more contemporary and
narrower size. I made the mistake of telling her she did not have to
worry about painting all the way to the floor because the baseboards
would cover it up. Silly me. I thought that mean she could leave as much
as an inch and not worry about the edges. It never occurred to me that
she would stop even higher than the old baseboards. I ended up having to
go around and pain the bottom of the wall as a first coat and then do
the entire walls as the second coat, actually the wall's fourth coat.

Her strategy worked. I never again expected her to help with painting.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

I was making a funny about removing the switch plates, figuring that would
not occur to John to remove them. But why don't/didn't you like the wide baseboards? Mine are a good 8 inches tall.

[Dave Smith]

A previous owner may have thought that he was much more of a handyman
than he really was. The base boards were badly cut and mismatched They
had to be replaced. I am not all that skilled with carpentry and
figured the narrower boards would be easier to work with. But
still..... the idea was that she would not have to worry about a the
work of having a smooth clean line at the bottom. I figured that she
could leave a one inch gap. It never occurred to me that she would leave 4".

[John Kuthe]

That side of the room, the left side, is part of the 2008 $30,000 by a room addition wall Chinese Landlord said. Yes it's badly mismatched. But it works! So I say "Don't fix it".

John Kuthe...

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Monday, July 13, 2020 at 8:47:52 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> A previous owner may have thought that he was much more of a handyman
> than he really was. The base boards were badly cut and mismatched They
> had to be replaced. I am not all that skilled with carpentry and
> figured the narrower boards would be easier to work with. But
> still..... the idea was that she would not have to worry about a the
> work of having a smooth clean line at the bottom. I figured that she
> could leave a one inch gap. It never occurred to me that she would leave 4".
>

Ooooooh, now I understand.

[Sqwertz]

That's "almost finished"?

I can only imagine the visual shock from walking up the front fuscia
porch, under the odd stained glass windows, and into ... that.

We should talk more often, John.

-sw

[Sqwertz]

Worse - walking OUT!

-sw

[Ed Pawlowski]

Mine are about 5 1/2". This is a relatively new style and size. I
remember about the 1960's people were taking out the old big baseboards
and putting in the clamshell style, about 4" or so. Elaborate panel
doors were replace with flush doors.

Some of the old baseboard styles were very ornate. I remember painting
the ones in my grandmothers house that was built about 1900.

https://donpedrobrooklyn.com/baseboard-styles/

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

About 8 or 10 years ago my late sister-in-law's childhood home came on the
market. I went with her to an open house showing and it was the first time
either of us had been in the house since the early 1960s. She had not
really paid any attention to the baseboards as a child but those 12 inch
high baseboards got her attention at the open house. They looked normal
to me since mine are pretty tall as well.

[John Kuthe]

On Monday, July 13, 2020 at 9:41:38 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 11:45:47 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote:
>
> > https://i.postimg.cc/JMwfMzp1/Almost-finished.jpg
> >
> > Looking VERY GOOD!
> >
> > John Kuthe, Climate Anarchist, Suburban Renewalist and Vegetarian
>
> That's "almost finished"?
>

> I can only imagine the visual shock from walking up the front fuscia(SP)

> porch, under the odd stained glass windows, and into ... that.
>
> We should talk more often, John.
>
> -sw

The Front "Grandma's Lavender" porch, NOT fuschia!

And the "that" to which you refer is called "Lacey Lavender", a very very light bluish color. Which needs just a little more painting, inside.

John Kuthe...

[John Kuthe]

On Monday, July 13, 2020 at 10:05:44 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

Yep, and this house was completed in 1930! Still a lot of ornate wood work! And built back when some people still had servants! In fact the Municipal Codes still contain the phrase "(excluding servants)", and NO ONE has servants anymore.

[Sheldon Martin]

Baseboard's original intent was to cover the space where the lath and
plaster wall met the flooring, was typically hardwood/parquet... then
along came sheetrock, plywood, and wall-to-wall carpeting... requires
far less skill. During the late 1800s and early 1900s wooden wall and
ceiling moldings were common... now most moldings are plastic.
https://search.aol.com/aol/image;_ylt=A0geKLpbog1fnkwAHl1pCWVH;_ylu=X3oDMTB0N2Noc21lBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNwaXZz?q=wall+molding&s_it=searchtabs&v_t=loki-keyword

[cshenk]

I like the colonial baseboard, 3 3/4 high. Stained dark wood would
match my computer room, a lighter but still dark cherry for living room.

[cshenk]

I like it. Very Coronado California or old Victorian.

Not all the nation uses just stark white for walls. Mine aren't all
white for example.