Cabin Fever

Snowed in for three days—and counting.  I have to hand it to the Mister, who planned ahead and started on his “snow day” project a few hours before the first flake fell.
From the minute we bought our house, we planned to improve the fireplace wall in our family room.  Although the room has some nice millwork, the built-ins and fireplace were not well integrated.  In addition, the space above the mantel lacked interest and  had no provision for lighting.  I didn’t take an intentional “before” photo, but I did find this picture from this past spring.  It’s not terrible, but it’s not great either.   We don’t think this will be our “carry us out in a pine box” house, so, although we want to make improvements, we don’t want to spend a lot on custom carpentry. The Mister made an early Sunday afternoon run to the hardware store where he spent less than $20 on 34 feet of “window stop” trim.  About 1.25 inches wide and .25 inches deep, this trim was perfect for the board-and-batten effect we wanted.  We already had leftover trim paint, oil-based enamel Dover White by Sherwin Williams, making it even more affordable.
By late morning Monday, the Mister had all the strips cut and glued and tacked with small nails into place.  Next came a coat of primer.  While the primer was drying, there was plenty of time for sledding.
Just before supper, the Mister and Middle applied the first coat of paint.  They caulked and put the second coat of paint on Tuesday morning. Wednesday, I hung a painting and put the urns and clock in place. 
Then, we lit the fire, and we were pretty happy.

Have you accomplished any snow day projects?