Back At It

After a few weeks off from house projects, we spent yet another Saturday making purchases at Home Depot and working on the house. Most of what we did today was painting, but Andrew did take some time to rip out the baseboards in the kitchen (we just never got around to it before) so we can put in the new ones and they will be uniform throughout the first floor.




We finished painting the exterior trim of the front door. The door project seems to be one that is never ending but getting the trim painted was a big step. We still need to paint the exterior of the door to match the rest of the house, and then the outside will be done. The previous owner left several cans of paint in the garage, most of which we have been able to match up with the places they were used. The paint we used today for the trim was one of the ones left by them and we were thankful to have it, not only because it was free, but because we knew it would match the rest of the trim. We haven't found any paint that looks like the exterior paint color, though, so we aren't sure what to use for the door so that it will match. Hopefully by next weekend we can get that figured out so we can paint the door. Then we just need to finish up on the inside of the door! Will it ever end???






Wet paint!!!


All done!



After we got the door finished, we moved inside to the master bathroom. This room has been in limbo since we moved in because of paint issues. I wanted the bathroom to be a slightly lighter shade of yellow/ gold than the master bedroom. I picked out a color, but only had time to do one coat before we moved in and needed to start using the bathroom. The color wasn't exactly what I had in mind but I kept telling myself once I put on another coat it would look better. Since the paint wasn't done, we hadn't put up any of the towel bars or toilet paper holder so we have been making due without for the past 2 months. Well I finally figured enough was enough and made a decision about the paint so we could move forward. I decided I didn't love the color in the bathroom and wanted to go ahead and do the same color as in the bedroom. We bought another gallon of paint at Home Depot and got to work on it. We didn't get the whole bathroom finished tonight, but it's pretty close. We finally called it quits so it would have enough time to dry before tomorrow morning when we would need to shower. We only have about an hours worth of work left to do, so we can finish up tomorrow. Then we can put up all the fixtures that I bought two months ago and the room will actually be done!!










In progress...








It feels good to be crossing projects off the list and get a little closer to being DONE! And I'm sure by the time we've finished everything on the list I will have thought up a whole new list. I know, it never ends!