After much consternation and research, we decided that waiting a full 30 days for the plaster to cure was overly cautious, and we’d start sooner. Like now. So after a few trips for color chips, and a few more trips for paint and supplies, the painting began in earnest on Saturday morning.
Matt started off setting up and doing the ceilings in the mornnig and I joined in the fun in the afternoon afer dropping the kids off with our awesome neighbours for a play date. We painted until it was time to get the kids and then kicked back with a few pizzas in their screen house for the last hurrah of summer (though, I hear it’s supposed to hit 90 on Wednesday, so who knows?).
Matt has approached the painting like everything that needs to get done – with a vengenace! Sunday morning he started again at 8 am, and painted until after 8 pm that night. By 9 am I had the new portion of the deck stained, even with the kids “help” and proceeded to look after most everything else that needed tending – loads upon loads of laundry (it was sunny and crezzy – perfect hanging out laundry weather), dinners for the whole week, long bike ride for the kids, haricut for Roddie, stop for more paint supplies, you name it, we got’er done!
We really wanted to get the bathrooms done, so once the tile goes in, hopefully next weeks, the plumbers can come and finish them off – this will be a big step towards getting us back into the house, and we don’t want to be the hold up. So, the total for the weekend is 3 bathrooms (can’t believe we have 3!!!), one laundry room and Roddie’s bedroom primed and painted, plus a some ceiling cut ins in the foyers. I don’t know how we does it, I’m just thankful he does! The crazy bugger is thinking about second coating everything tonight (!) since the rest of the week is a wash for various reasons.
We really wanted to get the bathrooms done, so once the tile goes in, hopefully next weeks, the plumbers can come and finish them off – this will be a big step towards getting us back into the house, and we don’t want to be the hold up. So, the total for the weekend is 3 bathrooms (can’t believe we have 3!!!), one laundry room and Roddie’s bedroom primed and painted, plus a some ceiling cut ins in the foyers. I don’t know how we does it, I’m just thankful he does! The crazy bugger is thinking about second coating everything tonight (!) since the rest of the week is a wash for various reasons.
Next week, Matt and I are taking a much needed vacation (ha!) to paint with the hopes of being done, with the walls and celings at least, by the end of the week. Tim was on the ball and pushed off the hardwood floor install until the week after, which will make it a LOT easier for us to paint.
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