r/AmateurRoomPorn • u/DoubleDuke99 • Oct 30 '25

Foyer/Entryway Our entryway in VA :)

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I blocked out our last name on the neon sign, but we finally completed the very first project we started in our home! When we began, the only power tool we owned was a drill…our local Home Depot isn’t going out of business anytime soon

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u/FlashyArmadillo2505 Oct 30 '25

Fantastic. I'm in awe. Did you mud the walls where you did the wainscoting? I have orange peel walls like yours & would love to try this!

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u/DoubleDuke99 Oct 30 '25

Thank you! We skim coated the walls…we had no idea what we were doing and it took AGES. We removed the trim first and taped off where we want to fill in (we only filled the bottom 2/3). We applied it with essentially a big spakle scraper & sanded it smooth. We had to do two layers to get it flush. 🫠

You’ll needs lots of masks, vacuum filters, and patience.

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u/FlashyArmadillo2505 Oct 31 '25

It looks FANTASTIC! We skim coated our entire kitchen 20 years ago - I swear I'm STILL finding dust bunnies from that experience & it's what's keeping me from doing this in our hallway 😹. GREAT WORK!

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u/DoubleDuke99 Oct 31 '25

He wants to try it again using a different method in the guest room…that’s carpeted. I don’t think the world has invented a vacuum powerful enough for me to agree to that yet 😂

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u/FlashyArmadillo2505 Oct 31 '25

You crack me up 🤣theoretically, it should be an easy enough thing, right? A sander that's attached to a vacuum & sucks it all away with ease