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<\/a><\/p>\nI liked the color<\/em>, but it was so hard to keep it from streaking! \u00a0Plus, the “disposable” brushes I’d bought were shedding even more than my cats… \u00a0I seriously wondered if we should just change gears and paint<\/em> instead of stain!<\/p>\n When I looked at it again on Monday, May 25th, I decided I liked it enough to keep going, but I knew I needed to be better prepared….<\/p>\n In the meantime, Wayne started patching the tiny holes on the roof above and to the front of the door–the source of the leak in our\u00a0future “dinette.” \u00a0Now that he knew what to look for on the roof, though, he was shocked to find LOTS of tiny holes! \u00a0WTH? \u00a0There’s no evidence that any holes\u00a0other<\/em> than the ones over the door are leaking, but while he was at it, he tried to sand and repair\u00a0all of them. \u00a0 So with rain in the forecast tomorrow, we’re (one more time) pretty confident that we’ve sealed anything and everything that could possibly leak. \u00a0Fingers crossed on that!<\/p>\n Wearing a respirator and with a better fan set up, I started in the back again and put\u00a0a second coat of stain on the walls next to the bed. \u00a0Since\u00a0we want to get all the fabric up in that area first, it makes sense to get it finished–though I’m not exactly sure when we’ll decide that it’s done<\/em>…. \u00a0Supposedly this type of stain also has a poly “gloss” to it–which I’d like–but I’m not seeing it yet. \u00a0Maybe after more sanding and putting on another coat??<\/p>\n I found that the respirator helped a LOT–as did the fan–so I was able to get a second coat on all of the surfaces I’d stained yesterday. \u00a0Wayne came in later and started staining the walls of the “bathroom,” and between the two of us we almost got everything stained (first coat). \u00a0I wish we could have finished, but we\u00a0just didn’t want to push it. \u00a0So here’s how I spent my Memorial Day afternoon:<\/p>\n Ultimately there will be doors on the upper and lower cabinets, and at some point I want to put a thin laminate on the “kitchen” counter tops. \u00a0I have to admit that I like the look of the “American Chestnut” stain, and now that we’re at least getting to this part of the renovation, we’re excited about the possibilities! We looked at fabric last night for curtains, but just didn’t see anything that we liked enough to get. \u00a0I hope we’ll know it when we see it. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n