Normandy Park Restoration

 Starting work on some of the overdue basement stuff.  Using shiplap to cover the open area on the stairwell landing.

 All the major stuff is done in the upstairs area, just some wrap up items to finish.

 Almost done.  All that remains is some trim at the base of the entry windows so that they match, and final paint.  The dead lighting outlet was drywalled, and I reinstalled the pipe shelving.

 Got some aluminum registers in a custom size for the house.  There are 2, one in the hallway and one in the kitchen.

 Getting the plinths installed in the kitchen.  Trim wood installed, this also shows what it would have looked like in white, which is rather bland Painted

 Building the breakfast bar area in the kitchen Installed Sealed Painting and installing the shiplap Final result

 Finally did all of the sanding and finishing of the floors.  This is a huge step as it allows me to finally finish everything else upstairs. Here it is fully sanded and waiting for sealer Applying the sealer.  I'm using Loba Invisible Protect 2k.  2 coats as recommended 2nd coat You can really see a big difference between how the wood reacted after the first coat.  It looked as if a significant tint was going to be imparted to the wood.  But after it dried, that went away.  The 2nd coat shows less affect, showing that it's sitting on top of the first coat. Final result The Loba turned out great, only adding a very slight tint to the flooring.  I was surprised at how much the grain raised after the first coat.  But as the instructions required, I buffed with a 200 grit screen between coats.