Rome wasn't Built in a Day

Neither was our master bedroom.  Patience, patience, patience....a virtue we are becoming more and more familiar with these days.  Due to the demo and construction of the garage and the electrical service upgrade, we've had to accept that extra work means extra time.  We were originally expecting 4-6 weeks for the project completion.  This coming Monday is the start of week 8.  But we are SO close!  

The bathroom floor tile was completed yesterday.  Since the floor couldn't be walked on for 24 hours, the electrician is coming on Monday morning for the final electrical touches - installing the lights, switches, outlets, smoke detectors, etc.  We are also awaiting the delivery of the plumbing fixtures which should be installed this coming week.  We want to have all the painting complete before the carpet is installed.  Since the painting is all in our hands, we went into the weekend with high expectations of being super productive.  The walls and trim need to be painted and the shower tile needs to be installed.  

We managed to paint part of the office last night.  

Valspar Ice Sculpture

Paint Colors

Here we go again with the difficult decisions.  What colors do we paint the rooms?  Along with the new bedroom, bathroom, and closet, we also have to paint the office and existing bedroom since the door and window were removed.  The easy option would be to just paint the one wall in each room the same color as the existing rooms.  However, Nick feels the need to paint the office a bright color since we lost the natural lighting from the sliding door.  I don't think the bright blue he has in mind will last long but if it makes him happy now, why the heck not.  I think he wants to paint it blue to match his high school sports photos and trophy display case.  Haha that was a joke, but may be questionable. ;) 

Closet

We haven't given much thought to the color of the closet.  White seems fine to me, the walls will be covered by clothes.  Or maybe we will go with something funky like a neon green.  This color would surely wake us up in the morning and the closet seems like the only place to get away with a crazy color that isn't so easy on the eyes.  Hmmm...  

Labor on Labor Day

After an extremely busy weekend, our labor day was spent in paint tolerant clothes priming the ceilings and walls.  We plan to spend some time in the next day or two completing the second coat of primer so that we're all geared up for painting this coming weekend and are able to lounge and relax a bit over vacation next week (hopefully after moving furniture into our new room!).  I've realized that I'm not quite cut out for priming as I want the finished look to resemble a wall that has been painted white as opposed to a light coating of primer.  I assure you I will be better at actual painting because I let no spot go untouched!  

We're almost there folks! :)