Paint, paint, paint... that's what the name of this week's game is.
We hired our friend Monte Stamper to do the painting,and in turn, his company contracted RePaint Florida to do the work. We're 3 days into the painting, and I'm just so impressed! At the end of Monday, not much *seemed* to have gotten done, but you could tell that they had sprayed the ceilings and louvered doors and had begun the timely task of masking off everything in preparation to do some 'real' painting.
By the end of Tuesday, 2 of the 4 bedrooms had a coat of paint on them, all the trim (there's a ton of it!) had been caulked in the 'Reading Room', and a lot of the other trim and doors throughout the house had been prepped or primed.
Today, as promised by Monte, I saw a huge transformation. They got almost all of the living/dining room painted and all of the kitchen is done. We chose 2 complimentary tones of bluish-gray for these rooms, and I can't get over how much they look so nice together. The darker color in the kitchen was a choice sight unseen, so I was really wondering how it was going to work out. It has certainly worked out well, I believe.
They painted all of the shelves and closets, as well as got a coat on all but 4 rooms. The 'Reading Room' is going to be the pride and joy of the house once it's done, as it should be. There was almost a day full of prep work to be done in it alone! Jeff, the owner of RePaint, is really looking forward to seeing the finished product, and frankly, so am I. Between the colors that we've selected for the room and the bright white of the trim and cabinets/shelves, I imagine that this room is just going to 'pop'. I expect tomorrow will be another big reveal, at least in this room.
The guys are planning on being done on Friday, and I cannot imagine how long it would have taken us to do all of this on our own. 6 months? A year? Longer?? Oy, it makes my head spin just thinking of it.
When I arrived tonight, Monte asked me how I liked it, and this was before I walked into the house. Being focused solely on seeing how the interior looked, I hadn't realized that he had pressure washed the entire outside of the house! The driveway, the sidewalk, the patio and the entire exterior walls of the house. Holy unexpected bonus, Batman!
I'd like to think that today's painting work was like a big cake, with the pressure washing being the frosting on an already decadent cake. I'm looking forward to see how much colorful this cake gets by Friday... the 13th (gulp).
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