Walls Have Never Been More Welcomed

Well friends....

We are going with: slow and steady wins the race.

We didn't have any time constraints with this project so we have just been working on it when we can. The kids went back to school, and it seems there is always a lot of preparation with that.

But...we have rooms. Two real rooms!

Here is where we left off...

It was hard, as they were putting up the drywall, to not stand there and oogle.

First off, people that do drywall for a living are FAST.

Second, a small man (just a little bit bigger then me) was lifting 12' drywall above his head, by himself, and hanging it on the ceiling.

It was pretty cool to watch.

After a day the rooms were almost completely hung.

For anyone that is wondering, the green board is for moisture. We put it on the outside wall, and any that was left over got dispersed around the rooms.

That night I just sat in our super messy family room and admired drywall.

As odd as that sounds I was thrilled. Drywall makes it feel like the rooms are actually going to be completed at some point.

The next time that they came they worked on the seams. Mudding and taping.

On the forth day was the sanding.

Sanding....=dust. EVERYWHERE.

The amount of dust is amazing. It is all over our house, even though we put up a plastic sheet to kind of contain it.

You would think that the completion of the drywall would mean that we were half way there. Nope.

But it felt better.
Like we were really accomplishing something.

Somehow, I convinced Blake to paint he ceiling. I am still not quite sure how I swung that. If you look at his face...you will see painting is not his jam.

We applied one coat of primer on all of the new sheetrock, two coats of paint on the ceiling and two coats of paint on each wall.

Doing panoramic pictures are a little funny, but it seems to be the only way to get an idea of this space. I would like to point out, that Blake is neither that large, nor does he have what appears to be elephantiasis in his leg.

Once the primer was up and the ceiling painted I moved onto the walls. We decided to use the same blue green color that is in our family room on the piano room too. That way it kind of gives the appearance that they are the same room.

The toy room has also been getting a snazzy paint job.

I decided a while ago to do an Alice in Wonderland themed room. Not literally, but loosely based. If you want the honest truth...any reason to have giant mushrooms on the wall is a good reason.

I picked out the color for the stripes on the wall, bought the paint and then got to work.

Then it sat. Half painted. For days.

I just didn't love it.

It was OK.

So I tried a light blue.

Still not digging it.

So I switched and went for a darker teal color....

That is what it needed.

I still have a lot of painting to do, but don't you worry your pretty little head, I will keep you updated.

Plus...the new bamboo floors went it. 

Squeal!