Working on the B&B

Sorry for the lack of blogging, I was busy watching Mike work on The Craftsman B&B.  With the start of our slow season, he applied a coat of oil the woodwork upstairs.  It's amazing how the blond wood, Hemlock, turns a gorgeous shade of red with the oil.  He uses Watco Danish oil.  Laura doesn't like the smell, but Mike and I do.  Wait, there is no smell I don't like.

The Mackintosh Room got it's stencil work done too.  This is the first time Mike has ever stenciled anything, but like everything he does, he figured it out on his own.  He has seen it done on TV, so how hard could it be.  He borrowed a design from Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the icon on our brochure.  Mike used flat white ceiling paint for the bedroom and the bedroom green for the bathroom, the bathroom walls are a light shade of green.  It really livens up that room, the dark green walls really pop now.

Mike's parents, Jack and Mary are arriving today from Denver.  They are here for Thanksgiving and will stay for a 11 days.  They like to help around the house during their visits, so Mike has a list going.  Not a lot of stuff, but Jack like to paint, so there are some touch-ups that are needed.  Suitcases and painted walls don't mix very well.  Mary like to walk on the beach, so now that I am "mature," maybe she'll take me out with her, not likely, but it's worth a shot.

We plan on wine tasting this weekend at the wineries around Salem.  They are not open Thanksgiving weekend, so we will hit them and do our other Salem errands too.  Got to stay green and combine our trips to "the city."

We will be wine tasting on Thanksgiving weekend too.  Laura will work a day for Basket Case Wine at their custom crush facility, 12th and Maple in Dundee.  With the Tasting room, Twist, Portland Farmers Market and wine tasting weekend, they will need and appreciate the help.

Another busy weekend here at the B&B, so back to watching the work.