I'd say it's about time for an update, eh? The house has been making steady progress towards the finish line. We've finally made it through the demolition stage and are beginning to put our house back together! To date, we have replaced all 10 windows, the two entry doors, installed gable vents, and have stripped the entire interior. We had to re-do quite a bit of electrical, and wired the house for television, internet, phone, and, in the main living area, speakers! We also had some of the plumbing updated, and replaced all of the ductwork beneath the house (fresh, clean air!) because the old ducts were full of pet hair, dander, and... kids toys? We have the master shower and guest bath/shower ready for their slate tiles, and have the entire house coated in primer. Of course, we reached the painting stage just as fall really decided to come to town. It's been damp, humid, and chilly for the last week. We started painting on Wednesday. On Wednesday night, with the whole house coated in primer from ceiling to sub-floor, we shut the door for the night with plans to return the next day and spray the ceilings. Thursday morning, we returned to an extremely humid house covered in still-wet primer... So we left the doors wide open all day, and, with the help of a space heater, managed to get the primer coat dry by Friday morning. We spent all day Friday painting the ceilings two coats of Brilliant White and, after giving them more than 24 hours to dry, we spent today taping them and putting some colors on the walls (yayyy!!). Tomorrow all we have left is the second coat in the master, and the Halcyon Green and Foggy Day accent walls! Then it's on to doors, floors, cabinets and trim!
Paint Colors!!
Most of the house will be Sherwin-Williams Accessible Beige:
The kitchen and dining room, and one wall in the living room will be Halcyon Green:
The two bathrooms will be Banana Cream:
The master bedroom will be Sagey:
And one wall in the guest room will be painted Foggy Day:
Hopefully everything goes as planned and we don't have any more days of watching paint dry (it really is boring).
Here are some "before" pictures of the house, as we bought it:
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| The Kitchen |
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| Living Room & Entry |
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| All of those bricks are actually moulded & painted plaster... |
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| Pantry & Hallway |
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| Guest Bedroom |
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| Happy Light!! |
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| Guest Bath |
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| Ceiling of the Guest Bath... |
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| ... and yes... the view from the toilet... |
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| My favorite room! |
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| Seriously - How happy is this room? |
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| The Master Bedroom & Back Door |
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| Master Bath |
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| Our dry, dry, DRY backyard! |
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| The Garage |
Enjoy!
"In-Progress" pictures coming.... Tomorrow?
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