Day 1

We've decided to do a quick post each day of work on the house-there is a lot to be done. We have our current rental until the 28th of this month so that hopefully we can get most of the work done before we move in with a 3-month old.

Yesterday, 2 hours after closing we started on the list.
- Removed all light and outlet plates and vents. This took a LONG time because they had all been painted over. Don't EVER do that to yourself.
- Patched walls and sanded down spots
- Removed the original baseboards (1971) on the entire first floor
-Did 2 coats of primer in the living room and dining room. 2 coats of primer, you say? Yes, when the walls are ORANGE.

Time spent: 6 hours

Once the white primer was on we we able to tell that alas, the ceiling was painted PEACH. Awesome.

Yesterday our friends Chris and Noel were our first visitors- I meant to take a picture of that but forgot. Grayson had a GREAT time with them!

We tried to keep Grayson out of the fumes as much as possible- on the patio he was able to play only about 5 feet away from us- sometimes less. The patio is shaded all day long- awesome!

This picture doesn't really show the true brightness of the orange paint color.