Varnish and Doors...

Our basement project continues to keep us on our toes and very busy. I will be so thankful when we are finished and can finally enjoy it! I was actually thinking once it is done it will be a great time to take a trip:) We decided in order to save a little bit of money we would stain and varnish our woodwork for the basement. It actually turned out pretty well and didn't end up being too bad. Shea and I took finished the varnishing on Friday (Feb. 11th) and were able to hang some of our new doors upstairs. When I initially thought about our trimwork I forgot to take into account all of the window casings, door casing, door jams, ledges, etc. Wow there was a lot more work than I expected! We also stained oak doors for our main floor. We had 6 panel white doors on the main floor, but decided to bring those down to the basement and get new ones for the main level. We were in need of new doors anyway...

We decided to use two coats of a satin varnish on red oak for our basement trim.

Varnish, dry, steel wool, wipe down, varnish, dry, done!

Larkyn wanted to help out in the afternoon when moving doors so we put her on the backpack! She enjoyed the first 40 minutes and then decided she wanted to climb out!

A look at the new bathroom door on the main level...

Our small coat closet just inside the mudroom/garage entryway.

On Saturday, my uncle Rick came up to help Shea hang our double closet door on the main level as well as all of the doors in the basement.

The finished product!

The door to the basement looks great too!

Here is Shea learning the ins and outs of putting in a door jam!

Coming downstairs toward the Utility Room...

The linen closet door and the bathroom door...

Its beginning to look more like a basement...