It’s been a little while since I’ve had time to work on the house, but tonight I started on the drawing room floor boards.
I had bought a couple stain pens and cut the tips into a point to make them smaller in order to do the detail work on the floor trim. But the stain just bled across the wood when I used them.
So I tried marking the wood with an x-acto knife first to make an edge for the stain. It seemed to work pretty well.
I might keep trying this way or I might find some other way for it to work. I could always use felt tip markers instead of actual stain…
Next I started the long and tedious process of measuring out floor boards for the outside of the room and then staining them.
Glued in one line of floor boards in the bay window area.
Then a second line.
Next I wanted to do the first set of decorative trim boards with a dark line down the center. The dark brown stain marker I had bought wasn’t dark enough to contrast well with the medium brown, so I tried with a black felt tip instead.
I think it shows up alright so I’ll continue like this next time.
Oh, and I bought a second chair for the sitting room next door and a display cabinet for the drawing room. Still need a lovely console for the left-hand drawing room wall but I haven’t found the right one yet.
Good night.
Victorian Mini 
When I learned that you would be laying the floorboards for the parlor I was thinking that this would be a relatively easy job for you. But then when I saw that you were having to lay them within the bay window area which entailed more complex measurements and cuts, I thought -“What a Brave woman she is!” because I would be too much of a chicken to try and attempt anything but the most simple verticals or horizontal floorboards. But the floor that you have already laid, looks Fabulous and I know that the darker inset lines that you are planning for the floor will also look Fab when it too is done. I actually have that kind of border on my Real Life hardwood floors and I love the way it looks, so keep it going! đŸ˜€
I was going to say, “What a mammoth undertaking!” although “What a Lilliputian undertaking” might be more accurate. At any rate, I wish you luck with this complicated project. It looks like you’re off to a good start.