[link] might apply?

We tried something like this, and it was mostly a failure. It was on a ceiling, though, so extra-tricky.

[link] might apply?

No, it's not that serious. The main part of the wall is totally sturdy and attached. It just has this over layer that is coming off.

We tried something like this, and it was mostly a failure. It was on a ceiling, though, so extra-tricky.

I do know I can get a professional to fix whatever I do in a few weeks, so it's not as risky as it might be...

Sooo... HPF has memorized the Firefly themesong. My work here is done, right?

When I'm wondering later why I'm hacking up half a lung and my forearms are on fire, remind me I broke out the sander tonight and did one side of the upstairs spindles.

I've suddenly decided, after a couple years of ignoring it, that I want to finish the banister project. Gonna be a bear. But! If I can just do the sanding piecemeal, then stain and seal, then paint, possibly in a different order, this is doable. The worst part will be keeping the cats off the banisters when it comes time to seal. The stain and paint? Shenanigans, but easy to cleanup. Seal? NSM.

Ship her out on the next spaceship that comes through, she's ready.

I think I have decided to go ahead and stay up late tonight and watch Sherlock. I have the holiday off tomorrow, and while I want to get up when I usually do, I can always nap if need be.

Eta: sara, I was just thinking the other day how I missed hearing bannister updates from you. So, thanks!

I'm going to stay up to watch, but I have to work from home tomorrow. Bleh.

Why do we need 2 hrs of Downton when one is a repeat such that it pushes a 2 hr premier until 10??

Ship her out on the next spaceship that comes through, she's ready.

Nooo totally not ready for that.

Or the fact that she's getting a retainer in a couple weeks. Remember how ugly our retainers were? This one is insane - aqua, with sparkles. Truly we live in the future.

Or the other fact that she seems to have recorded great chunks of my dad's bday dinner last week, on my old phone that's been repurposed for games and photos. While pretending to play a game. My child is sneakeh. And we have had a talk.

Eta: sara, I was just thinking the other day how I missed hearing bannister updates from you. So, thanks!

Hehehe. I have a bunch of other projects I'd like to DIY/buy (builtins for the one bedroom*, new/replacement furniture in the LR) but I'm feeling financially pinched. But I have all the spendy stuff for the banister in hand (sanding stuff) so I'm basically left with that. And pulling wires and old phone lines. By god, I will see progress.

* I'm also faced with a problem like Jesse's here. I have damaged plaster in there and I don't even know where to start. My neighbor Erik insists it is easy, but I think his version of easy and mine differ. He used to flip houses, including a couple in this neighborhood.

Yeah, the This Old House explanation of how to fix plaster walls (when the plaster is pulling apart from the lath) says easy/intermediate, but immediately, you need a masonry bit for your drill. Not that I'm unwilling to buy stuff, but that already seems like more than I'd be willing to do.