Monthly Archives: August 2011
Let the painting begin!
Today G and I will be cleaning walls and getting ready for the painter to work this weekend. The neighbor was over cleaning the living room walls yesterday and told me I won’t believe the difference with just that done.
When we leave, we’ll load the 1950’s dinette into the car and take it to Goodwill. All that leaves in the house is my dresser, armoire, the cedar chest, and the damned organ. I can’t even give that organ away! No one wants it. Now I’ll have to pay someone to come and take it away.
I’ve talked to my next-door neighbor’s son about coming over to the house and using his scaffolding and ladder to get into the attic for us. I hope we can quickly clear the attic of stuff. I really have no idea what is up there. I hope not much.
My new finial for the newel post
A few weeks ago, DH took a stumble at the bottom of the stairs and knocked the ceramic pineapple off the top of the antique newel post, smashing it into a million bits. We had a ceramic pineapple on it because the post came to us without a finial.
When we first put the newel post in, I’d looked all over for a finial to top it but had no luck. Then one day I saw the pineapple and knew it’d cover the hole on top of the post. I bought it, painted it, and glued it on. It wasn’t perfect but it worked.
So there I was without a finial again. I began a search online and this time came across someone who made proper wood ones on E-bay. I don’t have a paypal account, nor am I a member on E-bay, but I knew someone who was…I contacted Chuck. I showed him the finial I wanted, he ordered it for me, and delivered it yesterday.
I have to tell you this person does excellent work. The finial is a perfect fit. Now all I have to do is match the antique stain and finish of the post.
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- Newel post finial
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