Painting?? Really???

Over the course of several afternoons, James primed the entire upstairs. That's right: PAINT on the walls.  That seems like a huge mental step for us.  Next up, choosing the actual paint colors.  Woohoo!!!

A glimpse...

Every once in a while, it's hard to see the end of all this.  The point of the renovating.  The point of the plywood walls and bare sheet rock ceilings and ugly dining room floors, just waiting to be tackled.  

But every once in a while, we get a glimpse of the answer: People. hospitality. home.  

Sunday night, we were blessed to host some families from church.  And they are gracious enough to overlook the plywood walls and unfinished ceilings and ugly floors, and just fellowship.  What a blessing.  

The Lord provided a PERFECT evening -- a rare occasion in Oklahoma!  We were able to open the back doors and just enjoy the fun!  

No, we're not anywhere close to finished, but I'm reminded that we can still be hospitable. We can still have people in our (unfinished) home. And I'm grateful for that, while also looking forward to the future.  

The future that means those back doors will be surrounded by windows, and that ugly dining room floor will be gone and replaced, and that bare ceiling will be textured and painted. 

Someday...

S

Wow! Look at that sheet rock!

Well, it took 2 guys just 2 days to do it, and we are SO glad we hired this out. Taping, bedding, texturing the sheet rock.  Making it look fabulous and READY FOR PAINT!  Awesome!

 The girls and Henry-man celebrating the new look :-)

Little Things

We're getting some bids on the upstairs furnace and sheet rock finishing... In the meantime, James is finishing up the trim painting.  Thankful for some beautiful days in August!

Sheet Rock. Done. for now.

the hall

first bedroom

second bedroom

second bedroom closet (and hall)

bathroom vanity area

playroom

playroom

Kinda fun to walk in and out of actual rooms! Next up, taping, bedding, texturing, then PAINT. Can you believe it???

Another weekend of sheet rock...

Playroom

Looking down the hall -- ceilings mostly done

Looking down the hall toward the playroom

Consulting with the experts

Back to work upstairs

All of that beautiful sheet rock waiting upstairs? Time to put it in place.  

 James invested in a sheet rock lift. Meet my replacement:

I was ALL FOR the purchase, especially since he got it on Father's Day. That worked out well...

He took some time to review his materials list, making sure he used the right pieces in the right room.  He did. :-)