iCOLOR!

Samantha came to play! Actually she came to work and work we did. After taking in some fresh air at Avery's soccer game and some food at Mara's Cafe & Bakery, we got our paint on (both Sam's overalls AND the walls!)


Light coverage...




Medium Coverage...




Heavy Coverage...




FULL COVERAGE...




OK, so with the destroyed tile flooring, and lack of lighting in the room it looks vaguely like a locker room in a horror film, but I promise it will be beautiful!

Spending the Weekend in My Bedroom

So after a weekend of Brendan and I getting our solo paint on, we brought in the artillery. How many Lucarini's does it take to prime a closet you ask? Why how fortuitous that I can show you!




Would you believe he did the entire ceiling with the tiny roller and extension? Would you believe TWO tiny rollers? ;)




Then we reaped the rewards! (Denville Dairy)

Recycling...

So OK, it's not bad enough that I have turned to blogging to sort of let everyone know what's going on with the house, but now I am plagiarizing my own emails to use as blog material. Who cares- it's good for the environment!

:)

Picture updates from last weekend to come, but until then... this is where I stand:

Giving up for now on:
fireplace, baseboard heating, finishing bathrooms before moving, and finishing kitchen before next year.

Pending giving up:
residing the house, finishing the sun room. (the outside looks dreadful and will be more noticeable as the weather gets nicer. Can't reside until I am ready to fix/replace sun room windows because they might be a different size. Can't replace windows until I am ready to insulate the walls and fix it up because it would be silly to spend the money on better windows is the walls and floor are still uninsulated)

Reasons why:
have to upgrade electric. had to pay for permits and inspections by licenced electrician, may need to put in hard wired smoke and carbon detectors, will need to pay for some of the painting and trim work that I originally thought I could do myself, some plumbing needed in the bathrooms to put in scald guards, all of which at this point is totalling about 6-8K.

Good News:
getting my 7 radiators picked up, cleaned (via sandblaster), repainted, and dropped back off for about 2/3s of what it was originally quoted. Hooray for the benefits of paying cash and good family friends.
Also, while it stinks that I will be paying for some of the painting, they are giving me good rates on the labor, and I think in the end I will be both happy to have my life back sooner, as well as happier with the final result.

Currently: wall work is being finished, Brendan and father should be doing the floors this weekend, and in between that there shall be continued painting of the upstairs. Electric should be mostly done this week.

Oh to be a Better Painter!

Time for the second coat. Did the ceiling, and then most of the closet, and the first coat in the bathroom ceiling.








Unfortunately the ceiling is in odd condition: kinda looks creepy. (Note: buy better paint and rollers.)




Brendan removing bad grout with paint in his hair.




We are clearly Na'vi warriors. (Don't do this, it is extremely irritating to the skin.)

Moving Right Along

What the contractor did (until the permit dude stopped him)...

The Kitchen: they took out the wall between the radiator and the counter and did a whole lot of sheet rocking.






Living room: sheet rocked, and tiny 'closet' cleaned up.




We pushed the doorway in to the bedroom/office making the hall bigger. I think it looks fab. (Now the laundry is in the hall instead of the bedroom.)






Office/ Bedroom: We had found water in this wall and the guess is that it's from the A/C unit in the wall upstairs, and now that it has been open and dry, despite a monsoon, I think the problem is solved.




What I did...

First coat Saturday: Clearly we took this very seriously.




My new front door, lights, and fan:








This was what I was "Krave"-ing.

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