Sand and Paint, Sand and Paint

Today I sanded, primed, and painted while the guys finished electrical.

It was a Homestead Resort Tea Room Yellow kind of day.  The color was really bright and I hated it at first, but now that the whole room is done it looks pretty good.  The dark floors and medium tone cabinets should mellow the yellow.

yellow [...]

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More Walls and Lil joins the team

Today was more about the walls.  Leonard mudded nearly all day.

alcove with drywall

more drywalled walls and fancy fan

In the afternoon we went shopping for appliances.  2 stores and we didn’t buy anything until Alex returned to Lowes for the vent fan.  Do you love or hate your fridge/dishwasher/range?  If so, please leave a comment.  [...]

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Walls and Spaces in Walls

Today, the walls went up!

First, all the electric and plumbing had to be finalized.  Then we added insulation (itchy stuff I tell ya) between studs. Then drywall was hung.

insulation in the walls

no more studs

When we were at Cory and Steve’s for dinner (thanks guys!) Len broke through the dining room wall for our pass through!  [...]

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Help Us with Kitchen Wall Color

Demolition starts on the kitchen tomorrow.  The general plan (I hope) is that we tear out and repair walls tomorrow, mud and sand the next day, then paint on the 28th before laying cork floor.

The problem is that I don’t know what color to paint.

The floors are amber hued cork.  Cabinets are light stained oak.  Countertops [...]

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