Baguetted

I finished all the internal door frame trims, ‘baguettes’, in my house last week and got them and all of the doors varnished by Sunday afternoon, including a trip back to Leroy Merlin on Sunday to buy another can of varnish. I ran out just before completing the job, which was rather annoying, but I not only managed to do all of the room doors but also the louvre doors of the cloaks cupboard. And I’m very pleased with the results.

However, the doors got their own back on me – you could say I’ve been baguetted. The reason is that I’ve managed to injure my shoulder along the way which makes staying in one position, typing on my PC and sleeping become increasingly painful. That’s why I’m typing this at 5.00 am having got up at around 3.30. I think I know how it happened.

I varnished the doors two at a time by removing them from their hinges, carrying them into my living room and laying them flat on trestles. After I’d varnished one side I then had to flip them over to do the other and when that had dried flip them back upright, carry them back to the rooms they’d come from and remount them on their hinges. With all the flipping and carrying I think I may have slightly torn a muscle in my left shoulder.

It’s slowly getting better but I can’t sleep for more than 2 or 3 hours at a time especially when I lie flat in bed, so I’ve been grabbing the odd hour or two when I can during the day while sitting in a comfortable upright chair. I don’t know, maybe I’m getting a bit too old for this stuff after all… 🙁