More progress this weekend, not as much as I wanted however, since I left the damn top rail at home... I wasn't going back to get it, so it wont be finished till then.
Bout to wrap this project up, which means I have to move forward with the project that I'm not exactly looking forward to.
Several weeks ago, I noticed the wainscoting starting to bubble to the right of the speaker on the right. The laundry room is directly behind that area and I ended up finding a leak in the hose bibb box. Its kind of hard to see in the picture, but it did enough damage, that I'm going to have to replace flooring in the entire area and also the wainscoting along that wall. Since its going to be next to impossible to find that exact wainscoting, I've decided (should actually read, what my wife wants) to go full bore stupid and change out the entire wall to shiplap. Damn you Joanna Gains! So... That means sourcing lumber, which fortunately for me isn't an issue. Friend of mine has a lumber yard and I like to go there and dig through old forgotten inventory. I spotted this find a while back and got him to give me a price I couldn't refuse.
This is true 1 x 6 doug fir that has been sitting at least 15 years buried in a lumber barn. Hard as a rock for softwood, and really nice and straight for the most part.
Here it is, stacked and cleaned of 15 years of dust. My 2nd kid managed to catch whatever crap my first kid gave him, so I get the day to play and mill some of this lumber. Will report back with the milling process later.