Progress Report: Painting away the Tuscan

Hey y'all! First in addition to foremost, give cheers you therefore much for beingness therefore sort virtually the new house tour inwards my final post. I know it's a total mess in addition to actually dated, but it was such a relief to know that you guys 'got it', (and if you didn't read the solid tour, you're prob non going to sympathise why I honey this solid based off this novel post, therefore exactly live on sort in addition to rewind.). So, anyway, these are trying times in addition to you guys are the best.

And directly it's fourth dimension for a progress report!

In the yesteryear pair weeks since we've closed in addition to moved in, we've been trying to interview in addition to organize a bunch of different contractors, in addition to and then schedule everyone inwards the right order. Essentially, the amend nosotros exercise this, the less fourth dimension nosotros accept to alive without a kitchen, in addition to flooring, in addition to exactly full general inner peace, therefore you know...I've been making this stride a priority.

We are kicking things off side yesteryear side calendar week alongside the drywall move (like removing popcorn ceilings, removing beams, in addition to edifice the ii doors that this solid is exactly randomly missing). And in addition to then at the terminate of the calendar month the kitchen gets demoed, in addition to then flooring gets finished mid-september, in addition to then the kitchen gets rebuilt. It's oh therefore exciting, in addition to I'm 100% certain that I'm going to lose my heed at to the lowest degree twice inwards the process. 
I'll update you throughout all of it, every bit it happens.

But, piece we've essentially been organizing the renovation over the yesteryear ii weeks, I've also been doing a lot of move on my ain each black after Ava goes to bed. While nosotros are hiring out a lot of the large projects on this house, in that location are nevertheless tons of things that Jesse in addition to I are going to live on tackling on our own, because it frees upwardly coin for other projects that I exercise non desire to exercise (like pulling upwardly domestic dog pee carpeting inwards the basement)...you understand.

So, anyway, let's larn started. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 earlier film of the living room/dining room:

And after! 

First disclaimer: I accept to motion all this crap dorsum out inwards a affair of weeks therefore that they tin give notice exercise the floors, therefore this is exactly a temporary setup of the bare minimum of items, basically therefore I tin give notice comfortably chase my infant unopen to in addition to sentry Stranger Things.

Second disclaimer: There's a basketball game inwards my living room. I'm cool alongside it.

Anyway, I painted the walls Benjamin Moore Simply White in addition to the ceiling crown molding Ultra White. The wainscotting in addition to flooring cut back are beingness replaced, therefore I exactly left them alone. I accept yet to pigment the ceiling, therefore it looks a niggling darker, because it is. I volition hopefully pigment that this week...it's a existent beast, therefore I've been procrastinating.

The walls all had that sweetness Tuscan texture to them, which I'm pretty certain was exactly sponged on, therefore I exactly sanded 1 niggling expanse at a time, earlier I painted, in addition to quietly cried to myself virtually how awful life was. Kidding, but similar non inwards that moment.

I volition eventually rework the slice of furniture inwards hither (not certain what, but let's worry virtually that later), in addition to volition wall mountain the tv, add together some fine art in addition to some window coverings, in addition to plainly pigment the ceiling in addition to redo the floors. So much orange. 

Here's some other earlier shot. So, that weird coat cupboard yesteryear the front end door? That's getting demoed inwards the side yesteryear side pair of weeks. It exactly drives me crazy in addition to I desire it gone. I don't aid virtually storage, it exactly needs to move out of here.

I also painted the step rails, to a greater extent than on that inwards a minute.

So, yeah, imagine the awkward coat cupboard gone in addition to beefier wainscotting inwards the dining room (The electrical flow stuff is exactly painted on the wall in addition to doesn't exercise it for me.).

I painted the front end door Sherwin Williams Urbane Bronze. I nevertheless accept to switch out the hardware, but it's a start. The door coloring stuff is a niggling chip softer inwards person...my crappy photographic goggle box camera makes everything await harsher, except my face...that 2009 sony cybershot flash is where it's at.

The yellowish walls in addition to bronze chandelier inwards the dining room were driving me crazy.

So, I painted all of the walls white in addition to Jesse took the chandelier down.

He hung the 1 nosotros had inwards the one-time house. I don't retrieve it industrial plant every bit good inwards this solid though, therefore I'm on the hunt for something that I similar amend inwards there. But, for now, I'm leaving it hung because it's the only lite nosotros accept inwards this entire expanse (fail), in addition to it's amend than the Tuscan candelabra.

So, these step rails. Most irksome project. Remember how I tried to spray the ones inwards the final solid in addition to it was the project that nearly killed me? 

Well, circular two. It took me 3 nights to complete this. Just therefore so irksome trying non to larn whatever pigment on the Fe balusters. I retrieve I stomped my pes at 1 quest inwards frustration. Like yesteryear myself, having some wine, listening to a podcast, in addition to stomping my foot. That should amount it upwardly for you.

But, skilful news, it looks therefore much amend now. Everything looks kinda off because there's orangish floors, in addition to an orangish kitchen, in addition to carpeted stairs, but if you squint actually difficult in addition to imagine skilful things happening everywhere, you tin give notice kinda come across what I'm going for.

And similar maybe exactly pretend in that location aren't infant gates all over my house. You guys, it's a phase, in addition to it must live on embraced. 

As for the flooring situation, I had a lot of comments on Instagram virtually this subject. We set a lot of thought into what nosotros wanted to do. We considered exactly refinishing the master flooring, but it currently only goes through the living in addition to dining room, therefore nosotros would exactly live on running these 2 inch planks throughout the residuum of the solid to match, in addition to and then getting everything finished on site. And frankly, I don't honey the ii inch planks, in addition to also I've lived through an on-site hardwood complete in addition to it was a existent pain. But, nosotros wanted to live on thorough, in addition to I figured if it was going to salvage us tons of money, mayhap I would see it. So, nosotros got a quote for refinishing the existing hardwoods addition running them throughout, in addition to it was non actually all that much cheaper than exactly gutting what was in that location in addition to installing prefinished broad plank flooring throughout. I mean, budget-wise, it in all probability agency I'm going to accept to DIY 1 of our bathrooms at some point, but I'll in all probability terminate upwardly DIYing all 3 if we're beingness honest, therefore I exactly figured, I should become alongside my gut in addition to larn what nosotros want.

So, that beingness said, Ava has been helping me stare at flooring samples all week.

My electrical flow fave is the 1 on the far right, but I honestly retrieve whatever of them would live on beautiful.

In other news, Ava went to her get-go thrift shop this week. She establish a hat. 

And I establish rose golden spray pigment at JoAnn's stuff store. Some of you asked me on IG where it was from, therefore directly ya know. I accept no thought what I'm going to purpose it on, but I couldn't move yesteryear it up, therefore I'll figure out the details later.

So, that's all for today, y'all. Thanks for beingness hither in addition to cheers for beingness excited virtually the crap I painted inwards my living room. 
I hateful it.


P.S. You tin give notice depository fiscal establishment check out my cut back icon tutorial here in addition to my wall icon tutorial here. They're tardily in addition to they help. Promise.

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