A cozy fire and yet more paint

Our first fire...unfinished fireplace be damned. What we'll do with this particular nook of the house is completely unknown, although something has to happen. (Notice the ancient smoke stain from some flue mishap of Sherene's dad's.) Tile it? Paint it? Mantle? Hearth? No clue how this will end up; for now, it's December and high time to light up a fake log.

We did some painting over Thanksgiving break, too. Pictures when the second coat is done, but for now picture the color of one of those chocolate shakes from Wendy's. Remember those? When I cracked open the paint can, I almost couldn't resist grabbing a spoon and tasting it, it reminded me so strongly of those delicious fast-food treats...

Still paintin'

Yes, there is still paint to get on the walls. Today is a day off of school for me—and I hardly know why. (I think it's because my broke-ass district is doing some "furlough day" or something.) So why not slap a bit more up there?

The green room was already almost finished, just had to polish off the second coat that had remained incomplete because we'd run out of paint. And...first coat in the living room is done and drying. It's the same color as the dining room, but it doesn't look like it yet.

Angel before and during...("after" still to come)

Angel window, August 30, 2009

Painted angel, August 27, 2010

And to put it in perspective: Tomorrow's our third wedding anniversary. I love Renie!

Now let's paint s'more.

Window restoration progress

The angel window is underway. Blue masking tape and cheap newsprint bathes the living room in a stained-glass lighting effect, which I find kind of amusing...

Priming, day two

Not sure how thrilling it is to make movies like this every day, when the process is basically: Turn up stereo, dip roller, slap on primer, repeat. In any case, here's what today looked like:



Doing the math: Two days of primer = Four rooms and a hallway, no ceilings. I assume that however long the priming ends up taking, painting will take twice as long—two coats, right?

Eight brand new windows showed up today, finally. (They'd been on order for weeks.) They'll get popped in next week, after which point we should be able to start painting on top of this primer. Although after all the time we've spent living with raw drywall around, even primer looks nice.