Day 78

I know it's been a while since I updated, so I'm going to try to remember everything.

Josh has mostly been working on the ceiling in the kitchen.  There was a lot of cutting and patching.  I don't know if you can tell from any of the before pictures of the kitchen, but there was a big square part and hung down.  It's hard to explain.  But we took that down to make the ceiling all even.  He decided it would be cheaper to try to repair it rather than buying and hanging a bunch of drywall.  It's not done, but looking better.  And we are going to paint the kitchen walls white instead of leaving them bare.  Like I said before, only the top 1/4 of the walls will be painted light blue.

 

And I ordered our backslash!  I was checking my email and I had one from Glass Tile Oasis.  Basically it was like, you ordered samples from us a while ago and if you order something from our site in the next two days, we will give you 10% off.  So I'm like measure the kitchen!  And then I ordered 11 boxes.  It was the first thing that we charged.  I'm pretty happy about that. It's called "soft mint" but I think it looks more blue.  I hope it will look blue in the kitchen. For a limited time, you can save 5% on online orders with the promo code: OASIS.

 

 

 

Josh's sister, Shala, came over on the weekend and she took all the doors off the cabinets so we can start painting them.  We haven't started that yet.  She was also sanding trim.  I went over there one evening, right after Josh had left so I started sanding more trim.  I wasn't sure exactly how much needed sanded so I spend a lot of time on each one.  When Josh came back, after an hour, the first thing he said was, "Ohhhh, you didn't need to sand it down to the wood.  It just needs to be smooth."  So the rest of the trim, I spent about 5 minutes on, instead of 20. 

 

The bathroom tile has been grouted and needs mopped about a hundred times before it looks done.  Josh also bought a mirror for the bathroom.  It was originally $120 and on sale for $30, so he couldn't pass it up.

 

The future plans are still working on getting the kitchen finished.  I feel like it will go quickly once the walls and ceiling is finished.  I hope so at least.