I hope this post finds everyone well and enjoying summer!

I can’t believe the man power we’ve put into this new house. The sweat equity was way more than I bargained for. And, I’ll admit to a few tears and mini-tantrums because of how long the painting has taken me, which isn’t close to being finished. However, things are taking shape and it’s nice to compare the before and afters to see how far we’ve come.

This was Kevin’s office after tearing down tile from the walls (it was the owner’s “dog room” so they must have hosed it down or something. I surely don’t know, but was surprised there wasn’t a drain in the middle of the room).

Here is what it looked like after drywall and after replacing their “dog’s lookout gate” with a regular office door. We were glad to make it into a normal office entry. Kevin found door casings that fit perfectly.

We moved out our existing built-in office furniture from our current office and made them work in his new one. There was a lot of wood filling and patching by reconfiguring, so our solution to blend it all in was to go with a black distressed finish.  The wall color I chose was Benjamin Moore Nantucket Gray. It’s more green than gray.

Here is a close-up of the cabinet finish.

And, on Mama’s agenda tomorrow is to paint  the kitchen casings. I spend several days taping and putting plastic everywhere to avoid all the over spray. The cabinet doors can wait for now. We really want to get moved into this house, and know our list of over-achieving projects will eventually get done. We just wanted to get the biggies done first because I don’t want to live in a mess, and Chloe is a neat freak. It’s actually come in handy, but can drive a Mother crazy sometimes.

Until next time,