First thing Saturday Lowes delivered the siding and trim for the Garage and Breezeway. That was exciting. We are gonna be a little miss-matched for a while, because we got the NEW Hardi-plank siding that we are going to be used on the rest of the house later. {We can't do the house until next spring or summer when (1.) It warms up and (2.) We have the money to do it!} Anyway, we didn't want to throw money down the drain by putting up some junk siding in the meantime just to rip it off in a few months. So they got a few trim pieces up and started on the front of the garage first. It was super cold so it was hard to work. In other news......
I was inside most of the day (yay!) and out of the cold. Our sheetrock guy showed up right after lunch and got busy (double yay!)So all but one little piece was hung on the living dining room wall, pantry and closet. Erick came up this weekend to help out and they put him to work screwing up the sheetrock as Jim hung it. It was great to watch. I kept them stocked with screws and cleaned up the scraps.
Our next plan is for the bathroom texture and hall to be re-done and then the bedrooms to be sanded on Monday. (If you recall we had to start all over in all those rooms because there were tiny holes.air bubbles in the texture - so even after i sanded and primed the bath & bedroom he had to texture again!) With the rooms now re-done he can spray the primer in all those rooms and i can finally get BUSY on the painting. So i hope by mid-week to get started on painting. Once that is done he will start the tape and mud of the new areas we just hung the sheetrock for. If all goes well, next weekend i can paint my kitchen. Then hang the cabinets and put in the appliances and voila! Thanksgiving at the new house. That would make me sooooo happy. I am hopeful and optimistic but not convinced we can actually get it done in that timeframe.
Once the outside (siding) is done it will be time to focus on the inside which should come together quickly when all our resources are all working in one place (inside).
I am hoping Sunday to repaint an old cabinet. We have one down in the kids playroom, and i want to test it out on THAT first before i do it for my master bathroom vanity in the new house. Just to make sure i CAN, and that it turns out the way i am hoping. I've never done it before so it's really going to be a test. I'm up for the challenge! It should be exciting!
Here's some pics of the workers and sheetrock that got done
Erick Inside the pantry
Erick busy screwing up the sheetrock on living/dining area wall
Nearly Finished - walls, closet and pantry drywall is hung!
Apparently little watchers were taking pictures without my consent!
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