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Monthly Archives: January 2015

Plaster Moldings -> Done! … Or at least the hardest part is

January 28, 2015by madisonsquare Leave a comment

After 6 passes on our plaster crown molding, it looks good… So it was time to take down the wood guide rails. We still need to do a final sanding […]

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Repeat, Repeat, Repeat

January 18, 2015by madisonsquare Leave a comment

We are still finishing up the plaster molding in our dining room, buts it’s a long repetitive process… For each wall we mix up a fresh pot of plaster. And […]

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Going Old School

January 13, 2015by madisonsquare 1 Comment

I think my wife thought I was crazy when I told her we were going to run our own plaster crown molding… But we are going to give it a […]

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A New Challenge: Recreating Plaster Moldings

January 10, 2015by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Originally when all houses were built on our block in 1872 they had these wonderful plaster ceiling moldings. Unfortunately like many of the houses, our house lost them at some […]

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Dining Rm – Days 3 & 4

January 5, 2015by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Being family sick days, the past two days have been slow and I have been working solo … so it’s mostly been knock out whatever small tasks you can… Odd […]

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Dining Rm – Day 2

January 2, 2015by madisonsquare Leave a comment

After the long and exhausting day 1, day 2 of the Dining Room was fairly short and sweet. Everything got a first coat of spackle. My brother-law helped us scrap, […]

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