Is it time for another update already?! This weeks has gone by so FAST (well technically speaking, it has only been 5 days since our last blog post and we are going to use that to explain the lack of progress on our new place this week!) Slow and steady wins the race right? I sure hope so!
Prepping the walls
Clayton hard at work cleaning the walls!
Clayton and I have been hard at work today cleaning up the walls and prepping them for paint. This includes scraping the concrete walls with a wire brush, scraping off any previous paint that is loose, and wiping the walls down with a wet sponge to get them as clean as possible. My lovely husband has agreed to patch all the holes left from the previous tenant.
Painting the walls
Clay's idea of good paint for the walls...
So we haven't gotten the walls painted yet, but we have picked out the colors and bought the paint! The colors will be another surprise left for our Open house but I will tell you one of the colors we opted for is appropriately named "Camo Beige" ;). Clayton went to Sutherlands with me to purchase the paint and his first choice can be seen to the left. Needless to say, I had to explain to him that John Deere Yellow spray paint is best saved for tractor projects! In other exciting news, we have a friend who has so graciously offered up his paint sprayer to paint the walls, saving us many man hours once we finally get to painting!
Front Desk
Hope to finish this up in the next couple of days!
We inherited this front desk from the previous tenant and let us just say, it has seen better days. So my latest project is trying to breathe new life into it. The picture to the left is the before ( I am pretty sure I found someone's gum while I was sanding it!) and the picture to the right is the work in progress. I have primed it and applied the initial layer of paint to the top. I plan to paint the bottom part a flat brown, I hope to be able to show you finished pictures next week!
Our New...Neighbors?
Love my new view!
I took our German Shepherd "Ziva" along today to hang out while I worked. As I sat at the front window to take a short break, I realized Ziva was staring pretty intently out the front door. I followed her gaze across the street and realized we have an amazing view of the Elephant enclosure at the zoo! They were loving the weather this afternoon and we even got to see one pick up one of the big tires and play with it! After the sun went down, I had the front door propped open to help with the paint fumes when all of a sudden the quiet night air was disrupted by the lonely roar of a lion. I am not sure I will ever get used to hearing that noise!
We will be announcing the Open House date soon!
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