A little Paint goes a long way.

DAY 3 and 4

A little dizzy and flustered trying to get it done fast and right.  It is really amazing what a little paint can do to a space.  Our house is starting to look like a home.  We are trying to make decisions about our amazing floors (insert sarcasm), will let you know how it goes.

3 THINGS I LEARNED

1.  Paint the ceilings, then the walls then the trim.  Allways paint the outside edge of the moulding the wall color.  It makes it very easy and also looks so much more beautiful when it is finished.  ( A little tip from my awesome uncle who drove from New Jersey to help us.  He owns a painting company! )

Office

Guest room

Guest room

Bedroom

2. Wet paint is easy to wipe up.  Drop cloth is a nightmare. So is tape.  Keep a rag handy and forget the expenses on both.

Stairwell

3. Ladders can go on steps.  That hallway 16 feet high was not impossible.










Amazing find at local ReStore (Habitat for Humanities) !

DAY 2 ... Prep work

An entire day spent removing thousands of staples, screws and nails.  We removed a 3 inch sheet rock nail from a switch plate, another from a metal bracket intended to hold up a curtain rod. What?  There was so much icky stuff on the walls, I have to buy a steam cleaner to remove the build up...yuck. Here are some pics from day 2.

A little surprise under the carpet.  No floor.  And another surprise! 25¢ 

(Original Hardwood 1921 in bedroom )

Dinning room all clean!

Office with primer!

Priming away the awful red

Bedroom primed!

A little surprise for me, My niece and nephew primed my studio room while I was at the store.  Was not planning on doing this until later! See all those doors....They have to be painted too.

DAY 1..... Closing day

How about being excited and dreading the next 3 weeks at the same time? Here are some before pics we took of all the work that will need to be done to our new home. updates to come. :)

Closing was a smooth 45 minutes, cleaning and painting are taking a bit longer.  The biggest confusion now is trying to schedule a moving company and pod delivery... by the way, pod does not prorate your last month.  How crazy.

Did I mention the worse colors ever?

 DAY 1 Project : remove switch plates

 Future Living room

 Future Art Studio

Future Kitchen

 Future Half Bath

ALL the switch plates 44+  (I got sick of counting)

worth the wait...

I guess its all worth the wait.  We maybe one of the first people in our circle of friends that are actually closing on schedule. Closing is tomorrow. We will be sure to post some pics (before pics only) so our process can be followed. We will be doing painting, flooring, bathrooms and eventually a new kitchen. I'm so excited.  Now just to hope we find a renter for our other property!  Stress is escalating, and I guess no sleep tonight!