Day 181

Little projects have been happening throughout the week.  Josh is up there almost every night and my dad goes up a few times a week during the day.  He is still working on the trim.  You can see in the picture were there are spots on it from him filling in holes.  So the trim needs another quick coat over it.  One night Josh and I went over and just cleaned up.  The kitchen cabinets were just kind of thrown in the living room so we stacked them up neat against the walls and there is a lot more room now.  I also did a final coat on the kitchen ceiling.  I just have to go around the edges.  Who knows when that will get done because I'm so over painting with oil-based paint.  And edges are not fun.

Today when I went over, Josh was hanging our dining room light.  Then he started working on the dining room tile while I painted the linen closet door green and our closet white.  Then I went home for dinner and Josh was said that he was very motivated today so he stayed.  A little bit ago, he sent me a picture of the tile creeping into the kitchen!  This is so exciting!  After he gets all the big pieces down, he is going to go back over and cut all the edges, which will take a while.  It's starting to look like more of a house!

Day 174

Good work day today.  My mom and dad went over in the morning and put up trim in the bedrooms.  They got it around all but one window and closets and door frame.  Getting so close to completing the bedrooms.

 

 

Josh cleared out all the cabinets in the kitchen to fix the floor.  It was a little uneven in the main walking area, so he leveled it out and hopefully that fixes the problem.

 

He began laying the floor in the dining room and got two rows done.  It's hard getting started with the herringbone design, but once he has a few rows done, it will go a lot quicker.  I can't wait to see what it looks like by this time next week, or even tomorrow!

 

 

On Thursday night he put up some siding on the house.  It was tore down and damaged when they had to fix a wall in the kitchen months ago. Before it was just plywood and plastic.  We are thinking of using this siding more around the back of the house where you can see the cinder blocks for the basement.  We also talked about our deck and how we want it.  It will be pretty large.  I've got the go-ahead to stain it blue.  We were also think of tension cables for the railings.  It's strong and thin so it won't block views and be more open.  More of a modern look.  Then we were going to make the top flat all around so you can sit drinks or flower pots on it.

 

My mom finished the bedroom, pantry, and bathroom doors and they are ready to hang.  That is all the upstairs doors besides the linen closet.  I'm going to paint that one the same color as the walls because it's small and I don't want the hall to be a million white doors.

 

 

 

And I mowed today.  It took me a long time to get used to our mower and I had a lot of problems with it.  But I got about 2/3 of the lawn done (Remember, we have 2.2 acres) so I count that as a win.  It's so time consuming.  I was starting to get sea sick because it was the first time I drove a clutch mower.

 

We need to sand the walls in the hall and dining room because there are air bubbles in the paint.  We can't figure out why.  I want to do the final coat on the kitchen ceiling.  Well, I don't WANT to, but I want it to be done already.  My parents are going to start hanging doors and Josh is going to keep on with the tile.

Day 172

Josh and I went over late last night.  I really wanted to see the kitchen lights that he recently put up.  They look fantastic.  The ceiling needs more work.  I thought about fixing it then, but I needed a different project to work on.

 

 

Josh also put up the bathroom lights. His dad has been working on the shower plumbing, so we finally have most of that wall sealed up to get ready for the vanity. 

We have a can of dark purple eggshell paint and a can of high gloss white.  We are trying to find a shade that we like for the bathroom.  With all the white wainscoting, I think it will still look nice even if it's dark.  At our last house, we moved to a 2 bath house 2 months before we moved to Ohio so I went out and bought a whole bathroom set.  It was purple with hints of bright green.  It was a flowery design.  So I'm basically planning  this bathroom around that because it has barely been used and I can't see going out to buy new things that match and trying to sell it or something. 

 

I was about to start painting our closet when Josh gave me the go-ahead to paint the hallway.  It will be the same color as the living room.  The color is called, "Soothing Green Tea."  And I'm actually pleased with how it looks!  The last couple rooms I have been a little disappointed with but this one isn't too dark! It was difficult to get an accurate representation of the color in the picture.

 

While I was doing that, Josh was installing a light switch for the front closet.  He ran some wire and put the light up a few days ago, then he realized there was no switch.

 

My mom is still painting doors and my dad is still working on the trim in the bedrooms.  Josh's dad has been over the last few days and he did a lot of cement patching downstairs.  It's almost finished.  Probably just one more day of work.  Josh wants the kitchen ceiling fixed before the tile goes down, but he can begin in the dining room any time.  He has also been painting the hand rail and banister.  I hope we can keep this pace, because I feel like a lot has gotten done in the last few weeks.

Day 168

This weekend was spent painting.  Josh got to work on the dining room walls and the "onion skin" color is darker than I thought it would be.  But it's ok. It doesn't look bad.  The picture actually makes it look kind of light.  Josh said we should rename the color "potato."  Haha.

 

 

 

The kitchen ceiling needs touched up because there were some spots I missed and also some streaks.  But I need to take a break from that.  So I decided to do something fun and paint the kitchen blue!  I only painted the parts that will be showing because a lot of it will be covered by cabinets or backsplash. This color is also darker that I thought it would be.  It's a lot brighter in person.  I'm just glad that it matched the tile I picked out for the backsplash. 

 

 

 

 

 

Now that we are getting the kitchen and dining room painted, we are getting a lot closer to laying down the tile floor!  Then we can put in cabinets and appliances!  It looks so much less like a construction site with a little color on the walls. :)

Day 164

I feel like I got a lot done last night.  Once I open a can of glossy white paint, I can just go crazy and paint everything in sight.  I did take a break from the spindles though.  They still should be finished before the tile goes down.  I like doing a lot of little projects rather than one that takes a long time. 

 

So I painted the kitchen ceiling with oil-based paint.  I got it done pretty quickly then Josh pulled me outside before I went loopy again.  Hopefully we are done with that and can put up the light fixtures and paint the walls.  I painted a wall in the pantry with the left over paint. 

 

I decided to paint the "attic" door since it was sticking out like a sore thumb.  Definitely needs more coats.  

 

 

So since I was on a role, I painted the ceilings in Oliver's closet and ours.  It's amazing how gross they look once you start putting a fresh coat on it and see the difference.  But I always love how clean it looks once it's finished.

 

No pictures of Josh, but last night his dad and dad's friend (Mike) came over to fix the lawn mower.  Once they got it working, Mike jumped on and started mowing our over-grown grass.  Josh and his dad went onto the roof to check out a leak.  Greaaaat. Hopefully it's fixed.  We will find out after the next rain.  Then they went in the basement to look at electrical for our a/c.  Don't know what that's about really.

 

Tonight my mom wants to go over and work on her door project.  Josh will probably keep going on cementing the downstairs.  After a few days have passed and the stains on the kitchen ceiling aren't coming back, I can paint the walls blue!