Olympic Challenge: Hitting A Rough Patch

So while the GB Olympics have been carrying on, they have consisted of many events of endurance: a ton of sanding, a marathon of painting, and a near-lifetime of spackling. Today's event is different. It is a challenge of ingenuity and skill. The course for today is the corner between the entry door and the closet door:

The corners of this room have generally taken a beating. There were extra nails to remove as the corners are obviously the edge of the paneling. What makes this corner all the more challenging is that in addition to the damage caused by the paneling there is additional damage from the molding that was also in this area:

It is in pretty rough shape out there today. And it looks like the hand sander will not be competing in today's event because he is too wide and there can be no damage to the door. Don't feel too bad for him because he is gearing up for this big event tomorrow. So the solution was to paint the whole strip and simply spackle it smooth:

It has not yet been sanded, but at least it can be. So while I don't think this will ever be the gold medal wall, a large portion of it will be covered with molding and the remainder makes up a corner normally covered by an open door. So today's winner is a copious amount of spackle!