I’ve been picking away at the trim and it is a very tough job. I need about a million tiny pieces and they need to be fit just so. I am at the point where I think it will actually be easier to cut it all by hand with my miter box right in place. As it is I have to:

-get down on my hands and knees to measure;

-scramble to my feet;

-run down three steps and up another three to get to the workshop;

-find a suitable length of trim;

-measure the trim;

-figure out how to get the correct angles and adjust the saw accordingly;

-cut the trim;

-go down three steps and climb another three;

-get down on my hands and knees;

-put the trim in place;

-curse that it is just an eighth of an inch too long (or, worse, short);

-scramble to my feet…

Check out this section from the study to the dressing room, for example:

Adding those two little pieces and starting on a third took an hour. There is also a problem with the edge of the flooring not being square with the wall, so I wind up with a tiny gap between the trim and the wall that will need to be filled in.

You’ll notice the vertical wall trim in the second photo. I had to cut away an inch of it at the bottom so that I could get the trim to sit flush there since the wall trim is curved.

I also forgot that I had one more little carpentry project next to the shower:

I want to fill in that gap up to the edge of the vanity and then recover it. I don’t have any flooring left after doing the stairwell, so I’ll just get one of those 50 cent sticky tiles and cut it up.

I really don’t find the trim work to be any fun and I would gladly pay someone to get this job done for me, but I will persevere!

The other project I’m only part-way through is the permanentizing of the cloth dresser. The Gorilla Glue has set and I think it’s going to work!

I need to clean up some of the overspill:

Next will be the grommets. I’ve been watching videos on how to do it and am just about ready to tackle the job!

The cloth dresser has been working out pretty well, but I very quickly learned that there would be an obstacle to overcome before I could even think about secure it.

The frame is composed of metal rods that fit into plastic corners. Even though they go in tightly, a slight bump is enough to separate them. It was obvious that I would need to to glue the frame together before I could even consider securing the whole thing to a wall.

I did some research on alternatives to epoxy for bonding metal and plastic. I didn’t want to go the epoxy route because it’s finicky. The best second choice seemed to be Gorilla Glue.

I thought this product would be hard to find, so I was delighted to stumble on it at Walmart in the caulking section.

Application was super easy and clean. I need to allow for 24 hours cure time before I can see if it worked or not.

This morning I put in the trim in the study:

There were four pieces total and the whole job was a nightmare. I had a hard time getting the right angles and I’d measure twice and still come up a foot short. At any rate, it’s DONE. The study isn’t really travel-ready right now, but what’s left is more organization than renovation, so I am considering phase one of the study renovation to be done.

Next on the list was the toilet room. I started by adding a threshold into the room:

I goofed when I did the Allure and needed a threshold at least 3” wide. A proper 3″ wide threshold with a beveled edge would have set me back about $20 while window planking was just $5. I hope I don’t stub my toes. 🙂

The shelf above the toilet needed a piece of trim and a tension rod:

Finally, I secured the pocket organizer with screws:

I want to put grommets in the bottom and secure it with screws also, but that’s low priority since the organizer is fine for travel the way it is. I therefore consider that phase one of the toilet room renovation is done.

There is soooooo much left to do!