Similar skill set just different tools

I spent the last couple of days working hard trying to get the laundry/utility room finished up so I can install the new floor. The big job left to do was to trim out the window and repair the drywall above and below the window. In this before picture you can see in the upper left the drywall is cracked and blistered.

I was lucky that behind the drywall was solid wood so I only had to cut out the worst spot instead of removing drywall from between two studs.

The drywall at the bottom of the window was a mess so I had to remove and replace it.

I got the drywall mudded then pulled out the window trim.

Got paint on the trim

I have to jump around from task to task as I wait for mud and paint to dry. Time to install the extension jams.

It is now Sunday and I can install the trim that I painted.

I needed to use that insulating foam to fill in the gaps around the window, but I only had one plastic straw which the foam goes thru so you can get way back into the gaps.

So I decided I would go ahead and finish out the window in the sewing studio and get it to the point so I could foam it too. Here was the sewing studio window at the start.

Before I did anything I needed to change one of the window crank mechanisms. Before the ten year warranty ran out I called the manufacturer and got a replacement. I have had the replacement for at least 7 years! Time to fix it! Here the old one and the new one installed. Fear had kept me from tackling this job which turned out to be very easy to do.

The window trim and extension jams were already painted so that made for quick work to get this window to the point I could foam it. Here is the state of the sewing window right now. I can now install the trim on the outside of the window. I will still need to fill in nail holes, touch up the paint, and install the hardware, but that should not take too long.

The laundry/utility room looks like this. I got started on the trim, but was just too tired to do anymore last night. I am very close to being done and I am happy with how it is turning out.

So instead of a rotary cutter I used a miter saw. Instead of a sewing machine and thread, I used nails and a nail gun. Both tasks take rulers. Work has to proceed in a certain order just like making a quilt. I do not have the skill set to make fine furniture and I have no desire to anyway. I could never afford to hire a carpenter to do this work.

I did get the binding pressed for the t-shirt quilt and my goal is to get that quilt finished by the end of the month.