Bigger test patches

Bigger test patches tonight, with colors we're now pretty sure we're runnin' with...Pretty sure!

Lavender for the corner room...

Burnt-orange-brickiness for kitchen/nook.

Let the paint begin (and open the windows)

Three or four ceilings cut, and dining room ceiling done, first-coat-wise. Still some light left; can I at least get to the smaller breakfast room before dark?



Music: Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, Take the Coltrane

Priming pop quiz: how many coats?

Guy in the hardware store said we'd only need one coat of primer. Carpenter (who also does painting) tells us we should do two. We're doing two. So it's time to rinse and repeat up in here! Should be able to manage another coat before I go back to work; I'm doing cutting and ceilings and Renie's doing the walls. Accept sudden but small setback, roll up sleeves, and continue.

Meanwhile, window sill trimming and door restoration is under way! As usual, our hired nailgun-slinger is putting together some fine craftsmanship.

All together now: What are we doin'?

Block party!

National Night Out, August 3, 2010. Met some lovely folks and even had an old friend and former colleague of mine who lives with her husband up the road come down for a spell. Nice evening! ("Damn balloons" notwithstanding.)

New windows, old windows

Still no moldings/sills, and not all
new windows are popped into place,
but here's progress at least...

And speaking of guts...

This is why you do the floors last...

...So that if a ginormous puddle of primer appears down there somehow, you can just dip your roller and keep it movin'.