{"id":4882,"date":"2018-10-07T11:35:15","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T11:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/?p=4882"},"modified":"2018-10-10T20:54:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T20:54:28","slug":"prepping-and-painting-trim-window-sills-and-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/prepping-and-painting-trim-window-sills-and-doors\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepping and Painting Trim, Window Sills and Doors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While they were installing the cabinets, a crew was filling the holes in the base molding, door frames and window sills.<\/p>\n<p>They said they were the CID Crew. I looked that up and the only thing I could find, (other than an Indian police procedural television series), is &#8220;Consider It Done&#8221; and an acronym on Sherwin Williams website for \u201cCommercial Item Description.\u201d They were wearing Sherwin Williams logos. I\u2019ll ask the contractor. Perhaps I got the letters wrong.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4881\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4881\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4881 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/paint-filling_holes.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Spackling nail holes - Prepping and Painting Trim, Window Sills and Doors \u2013 Project Small House \u2013 Schumacher Homes Cross Creek\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spackling nail holes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Anyway, they filled all the nail holes in the baseboards.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4867\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4867 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/prep_for_trim_paint.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Spackling the door frame, even inside the closet - Prepping and Painting Trim, Window Sills and Doors \u2013 Project Small House \u2013 Schumacher Homes Cross Creek\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spackling the door frame, even inside the closet<br \/>This is the first girl on the job site.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They took off all the interior doors so they could fill the holes all the way around.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4866\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4866\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/prep_for_trim_paint-2.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Spackling base boards - Prepping and Painting Trim, Window Sills and Doors \u2013 Project Small House \u2013 Schumacher Homes Cross Creek\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spackling base boards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They filled any spaces where the molding met.<\/p>\n<p>After the spackle dried, they sanded everything. Then they went back and used calking in some areas, like where the door frame pieces didn&#8217;t meet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4864\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4864\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/prep_for_trim_paint-3.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Putting up blue tape and plastic to cover the windows - Prepping and Painting Trim, Window Sills and Doors \u2013 Project Small House \u2013 Schumacher Homes Cross Creek\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Putting up blue tape and plastic to cover the windows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before they left, they put blue tape and plastic over the bottom of the windows.<\/p>\n<p>The next morning, Saturday, the kids came over for breakfast. We went to the new house so they could see the cabinets. The painters had sneaked in early and finished. The doors were painted and put back.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4878\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4878\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4878\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/paint-doors.jpg?resize=500%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Painted closet doors - Prepping and Painting Trim, Window Sills and Doors \u2013 Project Small House \u2013 Schumacher Homes Cross Creek\" width=\"500\" height=\"482\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Painted closet doors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can see where they sprayed the doors.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4880\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4880\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4880\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/paint-livingroom.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Painted window sill and base board - Prepping and Painting Trim, Window Sills and Doors \u2013 Project Small House \u2013 Schumacher Homes Cross Creek\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Painted window sill and base board<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It looks like the base was painted with a brush and the doors and sills were sprayed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4879\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4879\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4879\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/paint-window_sills.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Painted window sill - Prepping and Painting Trim, Window Sills and Doors \u2013 Project Small House \u2013 Schumacher Homes Cross Creek\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Painted window sill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They took the blue tape and plastic off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/bringing-natural-gas-to-the-new-house\/\">Next: Bringing Natural Gas to the New House &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While they were installing the cabinets, a crew was filling the holes in the base molding, door frames and window sills. They said they were the CID Crew. I looked that up and the only thing I could find, (other than an Indian police procedural&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/prepping-and-painting-trim-window-sills-and-doors\/\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-house"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/featured_image-prep_for_trim_paint.jpg?fit=810%2C431&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4817,"url":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/interior-doors-windowsills-and-baseboard\/","url_meta":{"origin":4882,"position":0},"title":"Interior Doors, Windowsills and Baseboard","author":"Carla","date":"October 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A crew showed up today to put in the interior doors and door frames, the windowsills and the baseboard. The first thing I noticed is that they put trim around the dryer vent. OK. 18 Feet? The length of the dryer vent? The interior doors were all installed already. 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