Fixing up my room.

[Miker]

I am painting it light blue, new doors, new doortrim, floormoding and so one. It is a mobile home and I got tired of it so I am fixing it up. I will update this everynight.

Today I spackled the walls, the past owner tryed to do a lot of home improvements that were not right, and put in about 50000 nails in the wall to hold stuff.

One part spackled. Free to count them.
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o81/mikerider123/DSCN2649.jpg

New best friend.
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o81/mikerider123/DSCN2652.jpg

New door, "no sir, I didn't steal the speedsign." (My dad did)
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o81/mikerider123/DSCN2650.jpg

Past owner spent 4days trying to hang some curtains.
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o81/mikerider123/DSCN2651.jpg

It will be nice to have a door that works. Past owner managed to fit a regular, external door knob in a mobile home door.
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o81/mikerider123/DSCN2653.jpg

[tyle6]

Cool, I just Redid my room this winter too! Were actually in the middle of remodeling the whole interior of our house! make sure you post some finished pics!

heres a sample of the wall color and the window casing i did this winter though, mind you these are old shots. Need to get around to takin some new ones.

[Miker]

I am going to do light blue, with stained pine on the top and bottom with rounded white mobile home strips that go between the wall panels. Ceiling will stay white as I hate painting above my head. After I do my room I am going to try to get a new bed, redo my bath, then do some other rooms for my mom and dad.

I really want a queen bed because I am 200lbs and 6'3 in a single bed, feet hang off a foot. :lol:

Dad loved my line I used to try to convince mom to let me get a new bed.
"If you don't get me a queen and I get a GF we are going to have to use your bed."

Here is my ugly bathroom. There is no room around the sink for anything.
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o81/mikerider123/DSCN2655.jpg

[tywashere]

Logitech g5... YUS PLZ

[Miker]

Old door latch set up.
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o81/mikerider123/DSCN2656.jpg

Closet door, will be replaced.
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o81/mikerider123/DSCN2658.jpg

Plastic drop cloth was to small.
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o81/mikerider123/DSCN2659.jpg

Pulled old door.
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o81/mikerider123/DSCN2660.jpg

Cut and stained new door casing.
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o81/mikerider123/DSCN2661.jpg

[slugbug]

I just finished replacing the floor in my basement computer room. I put heavy sheet plastic down on the cement floor first, then a 2x3 framework with 9/16" plywood, and finally industrial carpeting. Our cement floor isn't too level :(

Spent a few hours this afternoon putting my desk back together. It came apart easier than it went back together. A few more days work and I'll be done.

[Miker]

Tomorrow I put on a 2nd coat of paint and try to get dad to pick up some trim for my room and doors. Then when I get home I will stain them; dad can't stain worth a damn. I am going to put stained pine on the top, bottom and around the doors, then white mobile home trim down the cracks in the wall.

I have off Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and dad is off friday so my room should be done by then.

[tyle6]

Depending on what sort of staining technique you use be prepared for some work!!! I hand rubbed mine, Had some nasty blisters! i suggest going with a polyurathane finish although all the coats and sanding can be tedious too!

[Miker]

Depending on what sort of staining technique you use be prepared for some work!!! I hand rubbed mine, Had some nasty blisters! i suggest going with a polyurathane finish although all the coats and sanding can be tedious too!

Sand, rub 2 coats of stain on, poly it.

[tyle6]

To get a proper finish you have to sand between each coat of poly, I'd reccomend atleast 3 coats, some people say 5-7. I call that overkill. Always make sure you read the directions on the stain, alot aren't supposed to be sanded. Just applied heavy let to sit and wiped off with a rag.
I went with a mineral wax and hand rubbed it into the wood, That was ruff!