Finishing Furniture

Finally! After almost a year of working on and (mostly) off the Maple project for the hall/bathroom is finished. I had trouble finding a replacement for the 'Wipe on Poly' that I like so much, but after some research, tried mixing varnish with boiled linseed oil (about half and half) and after three coats things were looking quite good. It took a long time to dry, but the finish has the silkiness of the oil mixed with some durability from the varnish. I am quite happy with it so far.

On Thursday some of Naomi's family came all the way from the east side of the country to clean up our house. They did a great job of picking up our slack in that department over the last 6 months or so, although finding things has been a bit tricky lately. I have been working on getting things fixed up the way we want them over the last three days and still have quite a bit of work to do. Figured it would be done by now!

Naomi had another trip to the hospital yesterday. This time for some nasty headaches - she was even seeing spots. They know her quite well by now. We have a maximum of 9 days left, and Naomi is starting to switch from counting down the days to counting down the hours...

Week 34

A friend helped me out with the first coat of finish.