Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Painting the Exterior!

The weekend following the 4th of July was a big one for us...painting! We tried out 4 different samples on the side of the house, and after MUCH deliberation, I chose "mega greige" (which is the sample on the far right out of the 4). We got to the paint store, and the guy heard me wrong-and made the whole batch to be "perfect greige" (the one on the right directly below). I thought it was karma for thinking so hard about this decision, then the paint guy just handing us a different color...



 
perfect greige is left of the window, mega greige is the far right...I'm really happy with both...thank God. 






 
My dad came over to help :) my mom came over that afternoon with Annie and we...watched. 














This was the progress for Saturday! We ordered pizza and called it a night.
John began painting Sunday morning while I went and looked at the wedding venue :)



 
Yep, the back isn't painted. Soon enough...

 
Quite a difference though!

 
And part of the side deck isn't done either. It will be painted once we clean up this area









Friday, July 5, 2013

Living Room Window

New living room window!


 John is adding flashing to the spare bedroom window...



Kitchen Floor Update

 We are not ready to put in new floors, so for the time being John is sanding the current floors, coating them with a polyurethane sealant/stain. They turned out pretty good! We will do this throughout the top floor and add hardwood flooring down the road.
 
This is the test patch...so much better than the red!