July 4th - July 7th, 2008 - Painting WallsWe took a couple days off this week and went to Matinicus Island. Jeremy's parents have a house there and it's always great to spend some quiet time there. We had the beaches all to ourselves. If you are interested in really getting away from it all. No cell phones, no computers, no television, no restaurants, no nothing! This is their house:
We left the island on Friday and went straight to the beach house. Dan had been there a couple of days, and when we drove up the kids were playing Croquet on the front lawn. Nice! That was one of Jeremy's visions, to play Croquet on the lawn. It's good that we can already check that one off the list! On Saturday, we hit the ground running. I finished sanding upstairs in Equinox, and then we primed all the newly drywalled walls. Here are a few before painting walls pictures: 
The kids got to work painting the front stairs of West. 
Some of Dan's friends stopped by, and even bought us lunch! Thank you! 
We got back to work priming the walls. 
Here are the after pictures from Saturday night with a coat of primer on the walls. 
Sunday we were able to put a finish coat of paint on the walls, and we were able to prime and paint the kitchen and hallway downstairs. Andrew and Jane got to work painting one of the upstairs bedrooms.
Abbie and Dan prepped the hallway for priming. 
Below are the after pictures of the finish coat on the walls. 
Jeremy stayed and worked from home on Monday and was able to finish staging the West Wing Monday night. The finishing touches make all the difference, and there's a tour of real estate brokers coming through on Wednesday so we really had to get these things completed this weekend. The result is just spectacular. Check out the difference it makes in the upstairs bathroom. 
On Monday, Jim and Larry were able to get a large portion of the rear deck built for West. They should have this deck completely finished and Equinox's deck mostly complete by the end of the week. 
Andrew and Abbie finished painting the stairs and they were put back in front. Having the stairs painted really completed the look of the front of West, just in time for the Realtors to arrive. 
Next weekend we will be finishing up painting in Equinox. We have to do some touch-ups and we have to sand and paint the kitchen and living room ceilings. We will also have to paint the back wall of the kitchen behind the existing cabinetry. We also have to paint the trim before Jim puts it up on the walls. We're almost done, and it's getting really exciting to think about the project being completed. Two more weeks should do it. Posted by Laura
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