July 19, 2007
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Painting has begun!
...sadly, there are a couple of drywall/framing details not quite finished! Here, Kevin Piero opens the laundry room wall to install a row of glass block, as the paint appears to creep along the ceiling toward him.
This is our Plan B to let natural light into the laundry room, since for various reasons we can't have the Solatube we'd wanted.Other examples of drywall/framing details still to finish:
• the hearth and flue enclosure, and pocket door, for the master bedroom--
• the Loftroom flue enclosure--
• the Library door hasn't arrived, so it's not even installed yet--
As soon as it gets here, though, it will be hung, the pocket framed and drywalled and taped and mudded, and it will get painted along with the rest of the house.And what a difference paint makes!
Just as getting the drywall hung was like putting skin on the exposed bones and tendons of the house (making a HUGE difference: make this a link to that post), now it is as if we are seeing the house go from "lounging around in its underwear" (being smoothly mudded but still obviously under construction) to "dressing up for company". Suddenly the house doesn't just look "better", it looks "NICE!"
[photo A & B]...at least WE think so...
[photo B & C]...we think the wall color is quite fetching. Of course, we picked it. And this is just the primer coat.
[photo D & E]The best is yet to come: the hardwood floors are spreading fast thanks to Seth's "flooring ninjas", and the cabinets have definitely arrived.
