We're just missing Norm McDonald from the PBS series. We would have gladly welcomed his expertise. We had plans this weekend to paint. Just paint. It's funny when the house looks pretty decent at first glance, but once you get closer - ummm....not as good. The walls took all day Saturday to prep. Then we decided to paint the ceilings. Then we decided to renovate the closets. You can't blame the house - it's 53 years old. Here's Kalin - the master of the drippy paint trying to cover the hideous lime green walls in the second bedroom.
Setting up shop in the living room. We decided we also needed to paint the doors.
So here are the doors - ready to be painted. For future reference: just because you already spent a lot on paint, don't skimp on the white semi-gloss special at Home Depot for the doors. 5 coats later, I hope they are covered!
The Master Bedroom is starting to look AMAZING! I love the blue color on the wall!
Dad is the master of taping (well, at least we hope - we need to pull off the tape to verify):
All the windows in the house have these painted white sills. Whoever painted them last must have painted them in a hurry. We peeled off the paint to find some sweet original tile!!! Here are the before and after:
Oh the closets! What a surprise you were to us once the former owners stuff was out! A lovely shade of periwinkle, warped boards and shelving. We decided it all needed to go. We got some joint compound, prybars and lots of spackle to conquer your years of neglect:
Well that's it for our first weekend on the job. I'm taking the day off today to do more fun house stuff that will include my absolute favorite: Crate&Barrel. Oh, and maybe I'll stop by and paint some more doors (or buy some higher quality paint). It will be really great to have this place totally move-in ready when that day comes!
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