PlasterQuest Posts

October 18, 2010 / / kitchen project

So this one has been a while coming, but we didn’t have a floor for some time. I know I probably mentioned the four layers of floor we need to pull up to get to the “subfloor”, but I never mentioned the reinstallation part. Essentially for about a month we…

Read the PostLaying down the floor.

October 13, 2010 / / painting

So Valspar is the name of type of paint we got. In case you were wondering. We managed to get to that last room painted the following day, and scurried about to finish it while we still had daylight. Its red. Once I finish mitering the trim and we paint…

Read the Postthe power of Valspar: part 2

October 11, 2010 / / overview

There are very few items that we will tell you to buy here at Plasterquest because we understand that most things come down to personal choice.  What we like to look at (Frank Frazetta paintings and Corgi websites) may be far and away from what YOU like to look at. …

Read the PostHome n00b Tip #3: Buy a Shop Vac

October 7, 2010 / / painting

For a long ass time this whole project has been goddamned disheartening. Every project turns into three more, and invariably involved more demolish work. Our schedules don’t facilitate the remodeling very well, and we’ve been living about forty minutes away for the time being. Both of us stressed from the…

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October 6, 2010 / / kitchen project

Upon realizing that our kitchen only seemed large enough due to the miniature sized appliances in it, we decided to do something pretty irreversible. We knocked down the wall in between that and the dining room, opening up the space pretty considerably. Now, one cannot just take a main support…

Read the PostKitchen of Tears: part 3 – Manifest Destiny