Flawed Yet Functional

Remember the kitchen and dining room?

That lovely burgandy paint is mixed with sand. That’s right, sand.

What does it feel like, you might ask.

Why, it feels like sand paper, just like you’d think.

My first thought is Stoochinski falling and hitting the wall and coming up with the worst rug burn you’ve ever seen. This stuff is rough!

We thought we could just sand it off, but apparently, you can’t sand sand with sand. Get that? Basically, it’s not gritty enough. You couldn’t get a sand paper gritty enough to actually take the sand off the wall. Who knew?

So our next best solution: the Skim Coat.

This is a very thin layer of drywall compound wiped over the entire wall then sanded smooth. Due to time constraints and our general lack of skill/knowledge in this area, we hired it out!

Best decision thus far in this process!

Voila!

A. Maze. Ing.

The rooms are so much bigger already!

This made a HUGE improvement to the main floor. It opened up the space and made way for easy painting!

I’ve seen tutorials on how to do this yourself. It is possible, but it is super messy and time consuming. I think it was worth it to hire someone to do it right in as little time as possible.

The washer and dryer have arrived!

They are fully installed and running as we speak. Fortunately, no big issues installing them. Unless you count Dan running out to the hardware store three times to get the right supplies. I don’t. They were installed without a hitch! Ha.

I will be wearing clean clothes from now on.

Maybe.

I’m chillin’on the floor waiting for Dan and my in-laws to finish cleaning. I’m too lazy to get up or too tired to take more pictures. Yes. Both of those. So this is all you get for now.

And there’s clothes in the closet! We’ve moved a ton of little stuff over this week. We should only have to move furniture on Saturday. Woot!

Ah! Carpet! It all came in on Friday and will be installed on Monday. Wahoo!

Also, there is progress on the kitchen…

It already feels so much bigger with the cabinets moved out 22″. There’s a surprise coming with the kitchen. I’m going to wait to tell though until it’s done. I’m super excited about it, but if it is nixed for some reason, that’s ok. But the reveal will be so much cooler when it’s finished.

Well not quite.

It’s more like: Padding!!

The nursery:

The upstairs hallway:

The family room:

We’re getting there, folks! Half of the carpet will be here on Friday (not sure if it will be installed then) and the other half arrives on Monday. The only issue with it arriving next week is our installers are super busy next week so our house might not get done.

On the docket for today is painting the last two ceilings: the living room and stairwell going upstairs.

Last. Day. Of. Painting.

Woot!

Projects to complete before move-in:
1) install carpet
2) rearrange kitchen peninsula
3) install vinyl in kitchen
4) reinstall all doors, faceplates, vent covers, etc.
5) clean like crazy

Oh, and we need to pack…in a week and a half. No big deal. Right?

After three coats….

She’s a beauty to behold…

Oh my it’s lovely…

I could break out into song.

You are so beautiful…………to me.

So I spilled paint on the floor as I was cutting in the baseboards. Being my lazy self, I didn’t wipe it up. I just told Dan, “Watch out for this paint. I’ll clean it up when we finish.”

Who sits right in it?

Yep. Me.

Doh.

As I scooted arrived the room, I, of course, forgot it was there and scooted myself right into it. I didn’t get a picture of my butt (not blog appropriate, right?) but it was there too. I’m awesome.

Like my shoes? They’re kind of on their last leg.

Ok, I’m exhausted. I’ve finish my pregnancy induced snacking/second dinner. I’m off too bed.