After a week of not much happening (t was raining all week and there was a bit of a problem with scheduling). We mostly have floors. Of course they’ve covered in dust so it’s difficult to see in spots, and it was getting dark so i had to use the flash which seems to have picked up the dust on the floor (and kitchen counter) more than it did the dark floor. I also realized I really need to clean my lens.

They started around 9:30 this morning and were still there working when I stopped by after work to snap pictures. It a quarter to 7 when Bucky and I left again and they were still working. They had laid the living room, dining room and both hallways and all but a strip each of the kitchen, Mak’s room (which is the best view of the grain) and the bedroom and all of it looks absolutely wonderful. And that’s even without lights.

We painted my room, Melissa’s room, the kid’s room and the bedroom all this weekend. We first coated all of them on Saturday and then Melissa and I came back and put the second coat on everything Sunday. Saturday, Bucky started by taping off everyone’s ceilings and trim and as he finished taping a room someone started painting it. Melissa’s room got taped first and she painted it. She’s using two colors for hers. One set of opposite walls is one color and the other two walls are the other color and I think the trim is reversed. I was having trouble getting a picture that showed her colors accurately. They’re somewhere between the two pictures. Bucky taped off my room next. The first coat worried me a little. It didn’t seem to cover at all. But after the second coat on Sunday it was fine. While Melissa and I were putting the first coat on our rooms, Bucky taped off the kid’s room and the bedroom. Four rooms and four people meant the kid got to paint her room by herself while Bucky knocked out the first coat on our bedroom. Well, the kid didn’t exactly exactly paint her room by herself….her friend Ian came over and helped. Those two have some interesting painting techniques. Bucky filled in the gaps for them after he finished our room and then I did the second coat on Sunday while Melissa did the second coat on the bedroom. Actually Melissa did the edging on the kid’s second coat while I did some touchups on the living room and did the base coat on the inside of the linen cabinet.

We’re down to the front entryway (which we have paint for but won’t attack until the front door is replaced) and all the trim, floorboards, door frames and doors. None of that will be done until the floors are in, which are supposed to be installed the first half of this week. We also still have to do the pantry, coat closet, Melissa’s new closet in her room, and finish the linen closet.

It’s insane and bizarre and really bright but it’s awesome and it works. Bucky did get both the dining room and living room painted today. The way the house is laid out, the kitchen and living room come together at the bar and the dining room and living room are on either side of the fireplace and patio door. I absolutely love the way all three colors meet. I admit it’s a little overwhelming right now, but once the baseboards are painted dark and the floor is in, I think it’ll mellow out a little. And the furniture will do that, too.

We got all the ceilings painted with at least one coat on Monday. The continuous ceiling that goes through the kitchen, living room, dining room and hall had 2 coats as did the ceiling in the entryway hall. Everything else just got one coat. Bucky got the second coat on everything but my room Tuesday or Wednesday. The cabinet guy also got all the kitchen counters in place Then yesterday I took the day off and I got the second coat on my office ceiling while bucky started taping, then we painted the kitchen. The construction guys also got the countertops in yesteday afternoon. We also got the hallway painted.

I was going to stay home and paint today, too, but I gotta go to work, so Bucky’s on his own. He’s planning on trying to get the living room and dining room knocked out today. Then we can all work on our bedroom, melissa’s room, my room, and the kid’s room tomorrow.

Oh, and here’s the generic color scheme.