Painting!

A couple weeks back, my parents made the trek up to help us paint some of our rooms. We started off by wiping down the walls to get some of the dust off, but found that the walls were not primed quite as well as we had hoped! Not to fear... we had allotted plenty of time to get the main rooms done and my parents have proved be master painters with an uncanny ability to be incredibly efficient. My parents, Steph's parents, Steph and I all joined forces and re-primed the bedrooms and the hallway in no time flat. Then came the fun part!

The mast bedroom was the main goal.


The color (not pink, as Steph says.. haha) is actually really warm will compliment the furniture that we already have.


The middle bedroom got a nice light grey color.


The back bedroom is "carmel" - Steph definitely has good taste - I trust her judgement.


My dad hard at work. Some visit! This is supposed to be a vacation, right!?


My mom taking a much-needed break! Poor guys just got back from hiking the Grand Canyon.


Unfortunately, as with everything (it seems) with the house, there were some issues! We we went to remove the tape, full chunks of the paint came off with it! We think that the walls weren't properly washed before the first coat of primer was put on my the drywall workers. This caused some unsightly spots along the edge.


Fortunately, we had still gotten a lot done and we were able to fix the problem spots for the most part. There will always be time to touch up in the future!

We were also able to put the first coat of paint on the kitchen while they were here.


When all was said and done, we got the 3 bedrooms painted, the hallway primed, and the kitchen got its first coat. It was a "fun" visit and we hope next time we won't have to do so much work!


We got a lot of painting done, but we still have more to go. Steph and her mother have been attacking the areas that need to be painted whenever they have free time.


See - even painting until 1am can't keep Steph from smiling!


Moving day is LESS than a week away!! We will get there - not that we have a choice now! :)