So we draped everything in plastic to avoid the dust problem we had when we stripped the paint.
We even taped up a tarp over the doorway, though with a quite weak tape that failed a few times as we worked. The draft was fun to watch, making it billow back into the dining room.
Apparently, you should use duct tape instead, next time we definitely will. Also, we probably should have know not to pile everything we had in the living room on the dining room table. As you will soon see. Here is what we had after the three or more hours of sanding (Not bad for all the grueling hours I put into getting the plaster onto the walls; electric sanders are wonderful).
Then, a bit of the way into those three hours we noticed a light snow building up behind the curtains so tried to lessen the damage by draping another tarp over all our things on the dining room table.
We had had the forethought to close the doors to the bathroom and two bedrooms, however...
As you can see from the fog of dust, it might have been a good idea to shove some towels into the inch wide opening between the bedroom doors and the floor. The bathroom came through pretty much unscathed though because there's a raised lip of wood to cover the edge of the tile floor, pretty much eliminating that gap.
Then, there was this weekend. Starting at noon yesterday and working leisurely until about 6 o'clock tonight, we finally painted our front room. Let us please remember where we started.
Now, finally, a finished room - viewed from sunset, of course, but you can just see the light subtle green.
This makes 4 out of 6 rooms painted, but this one feels the real accomplishment. This is the only room that has been properly replastered and sanded. There were a dozen large cracks throughout the room, now all completely invisible.
Maybe this will make us more eager to get the rest of the rooms done.
