I don't know why these things bother me, but they do. Perfectionism may warrant a twelve step program.
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Router tear out? Looks like it |
Perhaps in my haste to redo the entire house in two months, the window stool may have been the recipient of a rush job.
In truth, I cut and scribed this thing in, out of a piece of 5/4, in probably 45 minutes. In the last week of renovation during
operation baby-countdown, I know this was on a long list of things to get "pushed" because the project was just going to fail. However, I managed to pull yet another sleepless week out of thin air, and as a result...
everything got done. I remember this night in particular, because it was a Friday night and I got four (4) major things done in one evening after work...which I thought would take a full day (and a full work day on the Occupy site is, in fact, a full 24-hours. What's up with people thinking a work day is only eight?!)
Either way, I checked the archives and it looks like I don't have any photos proving that this was router tear out. But it looks like it is. I wouldn't be surprised considering the rush job and the condition of my very-well-used 3/8" round-over bit. I used that bit on basically everything.
So, while the wife and baby were out of the house for the week, I went back into insanity (normal?) mode and blitzed the house for a few 24-hour periods in rapid succession. While waiting for joint compound, primer, and/or paint to dry, I decided to go around the house and touch up a few things that needed a little TLC. I figure while I have the can of spackle open, I might as well... you know... keep the can of spackle open.
It was worth it. After two coats of spackle, two sands, and two coats of paint... voila:
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Goodbye router tear out! The stool and casing reverts back to a profesh job. |
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Just look at those smooth curves and lustrous shine! Wait... this stool was messed up? I can't even tell where. I'm serious. |
These are those rare moments when I actually feel like a "normal" person. This is the type of "weekend project" that I imagine most homeowners do; in between like spending time with their families, having some leisure time, or just plain ol' enjoying life.
If only all home improvements were as easy and satisfying as this one.