The mason and painter finally showed up for work today. Here’s the little bedroom wall beforehand, which needed some mortar-love:

The mason at work… drinking on the job of course. (maybe that’s why the last wall was falling apart? 😉 All of this will be covered up soon so there’s no use in specialty pointing techniques:

After. Not done yet but getting there:

Meanwhile the painter (ahem, me) was priming away at the doors and stops… Before:

After:

(It was sooo tempting to paint over the hinges…)