Two major developments today! 1. Our contractor returned to begin construction of our new back porch. 2. Our master bedroom is painted - all surfaces and all coats!
To elaborate, we have been put-off by our contractor for several weeks on a start date for the porch. First we had to wait for our special order columns to come in. Then we had to wait for the crew to finish up work on other job sites. Thankfully, they reappeared today with columns, lumber, and tools to build our porch. To save on cost, they will be doing the structure, and we will be doing the roofing, lighting, and beadboard ceiling ourselves.
I haven't taken many pictures of the master bedroom transformation because I've just wanted to get it done. I did a touch-up skim coat (after the first sand by the rented sander) and a second sanding by hand, and the walls looked pretty nice. So, throughout the week last week we were able to get the walls and ceiling primed. On Saturday, Chad painted two coats on the ceiling while I primed the trim. We were able to get two coats of paint on the trim yesterday and one coat of color (medium shade of sage green) on the walls late last night. I finished up the final wall coat today.
We really hit a set-back on Saturday with priming the trim. I only budgeted a few hours, but this room is 27 feet by 14 feet, with 1 foot wide baseboard, 1 foot wide crown molding, 5 windows, 3 doors, and a ton on trim on the fireplace. Priming it took ALL DAY Saturday and even a few hours Sunday morning. Thankfully, the painting of the trim went considerably faster, completing one coat yesterday afternoon and the other last night.
The only painting left to complete is the fireplace and its surround. The wood mantle and trim (very decorative and detailed) has a coat of latex paint that needs peeled off before it can be primed and painted. Then, I will be painting the wall above the fireplace a different shade of green than the walls to help it stand out. This should be done soon, maybe by the end of the week, but we'll see.
As a small "break" on Saturday, we ordered our carpet for the master bedroom. It should be installed in 2-3 weeks, after which we can move in to our master bedroom, our first official master bedroom in 10 years of marriage. We are super-duper excited.
I will have pictures SOON of the bedroom and the progress on the porch.
Monday, July 21, 2008
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