Not meaning to highjack. Thought you'd like some before/after pics of one of some work I did.
-Poly'd the floor with Miniwax semi-gloss
-Black laquered the register and door hardware
-Cleaned up many layers of flaked paint from window trim
-Recreated the baseboard with scraps from the basement, and filled in a ~4in gap with spackle(could also have used bondo but I was in a hurry)
-Painted with "churchill hotel wheat" from lowes. "Hotel lace" went in the other rooms.
-Added coved crown moulding
-Belt sanded doors to match shifting walls. Belt sanded parts of the wall as well.
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