Sanding the floor is proving somewhat difficult. The problem is the area near the walls, which was painted. When I use the sander on it, it seems to melt the paint which gums up the sandpaper, making it useless. Today I used paint stripper on the area to take off some of the paint. It’s incredibly smelly, but I think I did a good job of ventilating the room. I got about a quarter of the outside done. After I finish the entire room, I’ll probably do it another time, because there seems to be a couple of coats of paint on the floor.

I also finished priming the room. When I went to Ace to buy more paint stripper, I picked up some color samples and I may have finally decided on a color. And I like the fact that I can get it from Ace because it’s walking distance from the house.