Prineville Acupuncture and Healing Center, Prineville OR 97754
Alzada Magdalena, Licensed Acupuncturist
This is the latest project - a new clinic space!!
Those who know me, know that I love to rehabilitate buildings as well as people. When not doing acupuncture, I enjoy taking an old run down building and turning the years back so that it becomes beautiful and functional again. I am happy with a hammer or paint brush in hand. It is a relaxing counterpoint to healing work with people.
New Clinic Project progress
New office!
Refinishing 50 plus year old red oak floors
My husband Ellis, who can fix anything.
We loved this little building when we walked in. It will have space for an herb room and a treatment room.
My husband Ellis, who can fix anything.
Refinishing 50 plus year old red oak floors
My husband Ellis, who can fix anything.
It is best for optimists to marry each other! That way there is always someone to encourage you when the project is long.
Refinishing 50 plus year old red oak floors
Refinishing 50 plus year old red oak floors
Refinishing 50 plus year old red oak floors
Believe it or not, this was a selling point. Both of us had always wanted to to refinish a wood floor. Why not a whole houseful of them?
We learned a lot
Meanwhile, the walls
Refinishing 50 plus year old red oak floors
That sanding step is really a series of sanding steps...more like massaging the whole house over and over with sandpaper.
Meanwhile, the walls
Meanwhile, the walls
Meanwhile, the walls
Matt Smith replastered all the walls. What an amazing difference. He does it all by hand.
What a fun project
Meanwhile, the walls
Meanwhile, the walls
It took some research and work, but it looks great.
more snapshots
Doors - 50 years of paint
Why does the floor bounce in the bathroom?
Doors - 50 years of paint
50 years of thickly applied, drippy paint!
Steven Powell Painting
Why does the floor bounce in the bathroom?
Doors - 50 years of paint
Steven not only puts paint on, he takes it off too! He is equally meticulous whether sanding and prepping, or painting. More photos when we are done.
Why does the floor bounce in the bathroom?
Why does the floor bounce in the bathroom?
Why does the floor bounce in the bathroom?
This and other great questions are best answered with a pry bar. The answer to" why do the tiles fall off the wall?" is also best answered with more pry bar activity.
cast iron tub
When the pry bar is not the answer...
Why does the floor bounce in the bathroom?
Very large, very heavy. We could not lift it at all. Apparently it had been built in place when the house was built...
Ellis left me alone with the sledge hammer one day.
When the pry bar is not the answer...
When the pry bar is not the answer...
When the pry bar is not the answer...
Sheer destruction is! Fun, too.
new Tile is next
When the pry bar is not the answer...
When the pry bar is not the answer...
More photos when I get further along. I did not take enough pre-photos of the awful paint and texture that was on the walls, and I have to get some post photos of the now plastered and painted walls.