Skip to main content

One Big Sunday

Today we met my parents at church, left the kids with them for lunch, then drove to the Sherwin-Williams in Mukilteo to start picking out paint for bedrooms and ceilings, and the dining room and living room downstairs.
Claire wanted a lavender paint for her bedroom, and we picked Enchant which will match her bedspread nicely. Levi's room will be in "Lite French Gray" because he has some teal furniture that will bring color into the room. 

At 2 pm my parents brought the kids up to the house, and we also welcomed Pepper and Clint, who we contracted to do demo in the powder room, cap off electrical that we no longer needed on the floor, and to remove the kitchen island. I'm so relieved that we brought them in, because I did not want to risk a DIY mishap with plumbing or electrical on our first day of projects...and they worked hard and fast to remove the items we needed out before the floors could be refinished.  

1/2 bathroom downstairs gutted.
What's this you ask? There used to be a floor outlet in the middle of the family room, but it was not working, and we wanted it covered when the floors are refinished. Pepper, the "Jane of all Trades" capped it off for us. My dad taped over it because Levi was afraid he "would stub his toe, or trip, or someone would get hurt"...a kid after my own heart.

WALLPAPER:
The biggest task of the day for my mom, dad, sister and I was starting to temovethe wallpaper in the 1/2 bath, dining room, living room, and upstairs bathroom in preparation for painting. The hope is to get as much painted as possible before the floors begin June 4th. We started with just water, but ultimately resorted to a 1:4 mixture of fabric softener and water. That did work well in the stubborn living room.  My hero of a dad spent all afternoon diligently working on the dining room, and I'm so thankful. It was a really big removal project, but doing this ourselves saved us anywhere between $1000-2000 in labor. Even the kids pitched in and had great fun with the catharsis of ripping anything off the walls. (Parent sanctioned destruction? Why yes, don't mind if we do!)







Luke worked like a madman painting and priming in the bedrooms upstairs. Levi's room is entirely primed and the ceiling and dormer are painted. Claire's room is primed and the ceiling and one wall are painted as well. 

And lastly, no new house is really our new home until we have to make this essential last minute purchase:

TOMORROW'S PLAN:
  • Sleep as late as Luke will let me.
  • Remember to bathe the children.
  • Return to the house early with coffee.
  • Finish wallpaper removal and painting in kid's rooms. 
  • Begin (and finish) paint in living room.
  • Return to Sherwin Williams to purchase more paint during their 30% off Memorial Day Sale.
  • Ben and Sarah get to visit!
Washer and dryer were ordered and will be delivered June 16th!

Ordering remaining appliances this week!

Scheduled Pepper and Clint to return June 24th to install the new half bath components. (I still need to shop for and purchase these components...)

Days until entry : 33

Sore and tired and happy and grateful for family and hard work.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week 1: Update

What a difference it made to remove the kitchen island. I'm telling you, the entire space feels twice the size. And, we lucked out finding hardwood running completely underneath! We will save some money there because our flooring guy won't have to weave in new boards. At first I expected to replace the built in island with a furniture island, but now I'm not so sure. Another kitchen update: today we ordered new kitchen appliances! We were able to take advantage of Memorial Day sales once again and save some serious budget funds here too! We ended up going with a Whirlpool line, complicated by the fact that we have to replace a double wall oven that is only 24" wide. I think we're going to be very happy with our choices, and to come in under budget.  Albert Lee Appliances in Bellevue is going to deliver, haul away and install for us, which is a relief. Wallpaper removal update:  The living room was really challenging. We decided to add paneling under the...
Post a Comment
Read more

Our New Mukilteo House

We just closed on our new home in Mukilteo, WA! Our house search extended from Shoreline, WA, to Bothell, and north to Mukilteo, where we finally stumbled upon this 1994 colonial.  It's a five bedroom, 2.5 bathroom, 2,766 SQ ft house with a three car garage. Title office family selfie at closing. The listing agent's description included many references to "revitalization", "opportunity", and "polishing this gem", which you can read to mean that this is an almost 25 yr old home that had not received any updates, and which would require renovation before occupancy. We decided to dive in with the proceeds of our Maple Valley home sale this month, and now we are barrelling our way theoughthe list of projects we'd like to complete before we move in on June 29th. Days to entry: 34 Here's a video tour of the downstairs and upstairs: ROOF: The roof is in really run down condition, and it is sche...
Post a Comment
Read more

So many updates!!!

Living room: We gave up on removing the wallpaper below the chair rail in the living room and decides to add paneling over it instead! Luke hit a remnant sale at HD and ended getting all the paneling for less than $100. He installed it and I painted it and the chair rail in Sherwin-Williams extra white. The walls in the living room are Sherwin-Williams "comfort gray". This room looks clean and traditional and beachy and I love it.  Dining Room: We had to texture the walls in the dining room after removing the original wallpaper. Neither of us has previously textured walls, so we were a bit nervous about it, but it turned out great! Went through four cans of spray, and got great coverage. We painted over the texture in Sherwin-Williams "Oyster Bay", which is one value shade lighter than the "Comfort Gray" in the living room. Roof! Our new roof, complete with new skylights and guuters/downspouts is now complete! ...
Post a Comment
Read more