So we lied, There are monsters under your bed

A few years ago (10) we did a roof raise. To accommodate for the plumbing to the new bathroom we had to give up a tiny corner of the bedroom below. After the plumbers were all done, we boxed in the pipe and added some insulation and put up the sheetrock. Only thing left was the base molding and I must have gotten busy with other things because it never got done.

Fast forward to Christmas Eve 2012 and we notice the Young One's arm is swollen and there are some sort of bites. It is determined that it is cellulitis and the next day, Christmas morning, at the Urgi-Clinic that diagnosis is confirmed. The cause of the bites were not, but bedbugs were ruled out. Two weeks later the Young One is home again and now we notice a swollen ear. Four weeks after that, the Young One is visiting and we notice arm swelling and bites again. We rip apart her room, find no infestation but wash all her stuff and clean her room as a precautionary measure. I had a cunning plan, have the Eldest and Young One switch bedrooms for the night and see if the Eldest was bit proving that there is something in the bedroom, as is so often the case, wiser heads prevailed(imagine if I lived alone) and we didn't try that experiment.

Remember that missing base molding? And remember how your parents always told you there were no monsters under your bed. Well we think that there may have been some monster traffic coming up from the basement.
So it seemed like it was a good time to finish closing up the wall.

For some reason the base molding removed was not long enough to span the long section, but I had some scrap oak down in the Lab which was just right the right height. I used foam to seal out drafts and the holes to the basement, I wore gloves, but some how I still managed to get some on me.

I used 2 screws to connect the longer base molding to the studs and used glue to attach the shorter piece. I didn't use nails on the short piece, I knew it would split and I would curse.

I finished up with wood putty to fill in the tiny gap between the long and short pieces and and ran clear caulk along the top of the shorter piece of base molding and the sheetrock. No way I am going to be able to match the paint so I'll just use some primer on the bare wood.

Not so great from this angle.

Not so bad from this angle.
The bed goes there so I'm not worried, the most important thing was to close up the wall.