Half a Ceiling and a Turret

Ever have one of those "duh" moments?  I ordered twice the amount of crown molding I thought I'd need to finish the dining room ceiling, but alas, I was still short.  I guess cutting all those little pieces uses up a lot of real estate.  At any rate, I was able to finish one side of the ceiling today.  All the pieces were cut by hand and then glued in.  I stained the whole thing and then glued the dining room wallpaper to the back of it.

I used glue to attach the finished coffered ceiling to the dining room ceiling.  It turned out pretty well.  I over-used glue in a few spots so the stain wouldn't penetrate, but all in all, I'm happy with the outcome.

I'm still short crown molding to finish the other half which I ordered more of again today.  While I was at it, I ordered some corbels and channel molding.  The thought of putting all those pieces together from the kit and sanding them and then painting them, was agitating, so I opted for finished corbels that I just have to paint and attach.  Besides, I think they'll be much prettier with their Victorian design.  The channel molding is for the back edges where all the wiring runs.  I'm hoping the channel molding will cover it and look nice and finished as well.

Brian got all the shingling done on the turret.  What a job!  I have to say that he's quite amazing and the turret turned out even better than I imagined.  A BIG HUGE THANK YOU to my dear hubby.  I'm inspired once again to keep moving forward.  The turret stands like a cake on top of the house.  Yummy!  All that's needed is a touch up of the edges and finishing the painting on the dormer window.

I'm itching to get the chandeliers installed so that I can glue down the bathroom flooring.  It's looking quite haphazard in there!