Spackle, spackle, spackle...
The tarps he put up to keep the sanding dust in the kitchen...
Sanding, sanding, sanding...
The girls love to peek into Dad's clubhouse.
Since the kitchen was unfit to eat in while sanding was underway, the girls got the treat of eating on their trays in front of the TV. They loved it.
Rolling on the new color. It's a warm, golden beige. It looks great! But, this is just the first coat and he put it on so we could see where we have to go back and repair more dings and imperfections. Trying to make everything pefect while everything is white (drywall, primer, spackle) is impossible - you just can't see. Adding color makes the imperfections stand out and easier to address. The walls need 2 coats anyway, so it's not paint wasted. Our neighbor informed me he gave up and just painted over his old wallpaper. Mark has done an incredible job!
Brooke LOVES to help, so daddy let her help paint the accent wall under the bar. She was so proud.
So - that's why there's unprimed drywall and blue tarps in back of alot of the pictures on the blog. It'll be done one of these days, but we're not going to rush. We can eat in the kitchen again - until I start sanding. But it makes you realize how much you use the kitchen. We keep bills, keys, coats, shoes, calendar, etc., in there. It's the hub of the house! I think we'll just hire someone for the backsplash and have it done right, in just a day or two. We've served our time just doing the walls.
Since the kitchen was unfit to eat in while sanding was underway, the girls got the treat of eating on their trays in front of the TV. They loved it.
Rolling on the new color. It's a warm, golden beige. It looks great! But, this is just the first coat and he put it on so we could see where we have to go back and repair more dings and imperfections. Trying to make everything pefect while everything is white (drywall, primer, spackle) is impossible - you just can't see. Adding color makes the imperfections stand out and easier to address. The walls need 2 coats anyway, so it's not paint wasted. Our neighbor informed me he gave up and just painted over his old wallpaper. Mark has done an incredible job!
Brooke LOVES to help, so daddy let her help paint the accent wall under the bar. She was so proud.
So - that's why there's unprimed drywall and blue tarps in back of alot of the pictures on the blog. It'll be done one of these days, but we're not going to rush. We can eat in the kitchen again - until I start sanding. But it makes you realize how much you use the kitchen. We keep bills, keys, coats, shoes, calendar, etc., in there. It's the hub of the house! I think we'll just hire someone for the backsplash and have it done right, in just a day or two. We've served our time just doing the walls.
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