Fear Not the Plaster

It's been pretty cold so progress with "The Beast" has slowed down. I am STILL in the sunroom and probably will be until spring since I only travel to the house on days promising to be above 40 degrees. (I promised "The Beast" that there would be heat next winter.) Yesterday and today were good for working except it was rainy and gloomy most of both days. (At least it was not snowing.)

I have finished plastering the section of wall near the window. I used a 12 inch wide section of drywall to fill in a portion of the missing wall area and used plaster in the rest of the area to connect the old plaster to the drywall.. I have never used plaster to this extent before nor attempted to fix an area so large, so I am rather pleased with myself that it turned out smooth and acceptable. Good practice for some plastering issues in the main part of the house when I get to those "issue" areas. It did not crack, fall out and explode into dust which leads me to believe I did it right and to the best of my ability. I learned quite a bit regarding mixing the plaster and using it FAST...so now I am ready for other plaster concerns in the house. (There are really not many plastering concerns but now I am confident I can handle any challenge.)

I spent part of today cleaning this sunroom wall of old wallpaper paste/glue icky stuff and filling in small chips/holes. I am hoping that the weather will be above 40 as promised for Tuesday so I can return and work on the wall cleanup again. The sunroom will have a black/red furniture theme and now I am trying to decide what color to paint the almost lovely walls.

Once I straighten out the ceiling I am feeling an old school tin ceiling in the sunroom. I have found some pretty cool nail up type styles here..... http://www.americantinceilings.com/. Kinda pricey but it would look really neat in there so I shall continue to ponder that option.

When I went out to "The Beast" yesterday I discovered a window pane on the back porch had fallen out of one of the windows and shattered on the ground outside. I utilized some plastic, some bubble wrap and a hot glue gun to cover the small space and keep out ice/snow and rain until it warms up and can be repaired properly. It's always something, isn't it?