Another weekend, and the hobbitling room is really close to being finished. The crown molding ended up being easier than the Mayor anticipated, so it's all done. All that remains is to install quarter-round on the baseboard, putty nail holes, and then touch-up paint the trim and doors.

Hooray for excellent tools that make complicated miter cuts go easily!

Here's the Mayor and Boookie hanging out and enjoying the clean room with nice trim. Boookie has his own set of Craftsman tools, and he knows them all by name: "Hamma," "Plyah," and "Scewdye." The tools are stored in a toolbelt on Blackie, who was the Mayor's second favorite stuffed animal when he was a small hobbit. The Mayor can be ruthless with dejunking, but he crossed the line a few years ago by throwing away his number one stuffed animal buddy, "Bear." He is still sad about that, but he'll survive.