The first project that Murray took on himself was stripping and staining the French doors and woodwork in the den. "The soft pine was hard to stain without making a blotchy mess, since it tends to absorb color unevenly," he says. "I actually felt like crying a few times." But once the project was complete, the results gave the owners a peek at what the house could be, and that was all the motivation they needed to get up and running.
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