Craft Room Cleanup

I have been using the future craft room (also where all my bookshelves are) as a work center. I set up the miter saw and air compressor there while working on my bedroom and installing the crown molding for the living room. Last weekend I painted the base trim for the craft room to match the crown molding, which had been painted and installed previously. I had wanted to sand and stain it, but decided in the interest of time, and getting further use out of the room, just to paint it.

After installing the baseboard, it came time to move the bookshelves back against the walls and get the tools out of the way. Here is the mess that I started with (the first picture is from the doorway):

Before moving the shelves, I washed the floor then oiled it with grapeseed oil. As I moved furniture and removed tools, I did the same. Here is the progression of the floor transformation

During the move I washed down all the shelves and other wood furniture to get all the sheetrock dust, mudding dust and sawdust off, then rubbed them down with orange oil. Of course I'm not quite done with use of the room yet, so am not putting anything in its final resting spot yet, but at least it looks better and I can move around and find stuff

And of course, with the open floor space, Friday I stained window trim tha I had sanded last weekend, and yesterday I started polyuerathaning it. Picture taken from the doorway shows how open it is compared to before.

 

The craft room has certainly lived up to its name, even before being set up.

Comments

[Ruth]

I really do like the look of the oil on the floor. How is it holding up in the higher traffic areas?

[bogie]

Ruth - I have not used it in any high traffic areas yet as I am still trundling crappy stuff thru those areas. Not to mention that I have no "high traffic" areas since I am the only one that is ever here (besides the cats).

The bedroom floor, which I did a 6-8 weeks ago, still looks good with just vacuuming up dust. However, most of the floor is covered by the furniture and some strip carpeting to help hold the cold from the garage away from my feet, so it really isn't a good test. The real test will be when I do the office as the rolling chair will mimic traffic. However, I am a while from doing that room as I just started mucking it last night.

[Cop Car]

What a difference! I'm with Ruth. You previous accident turned serendipitous.