When I was in the Navy, we had a saying. "If it moves salute it, if it doesn't move, paint it." I hate painting. From my years in the Navy, steel ships in salt water = rust. You never stopped painting the ships. When you got done, you just went back to where you began and started all over again. Have I said I hate painting?
Today was a decent workday at the new house. After church, I mowed the yard at the old house and Katie and Paige went to the new house to start painting the living room, hallway and dining room.
Once I got done I headed over. I ripped up the carpet and padding in the dining room while they trimmed out the living room with paint. If folks really knew how dirty carpeting was they would NEVER put it in their homes. I don't care if you have the worlds greatest vacuum cleaner and are the cleanest person in the world. Carpet is NASTY.
I got the carpet out and pulled all the staples from the sub flooring getting ready to smooth it out for the laminate flooring to be put down.
Then I grabbed a roller and started (YUCK) painting.
We got the living room done and 90% of the hallway. It's a gorgeous tan/gray color (like beach sand) and we are trimming it all out with white paint. It's going to look AWESOME!!! The black slate around the fireplace really stands out against the new paint too!
We're all a bit sore from going up and down ladders and walking around on our ands and knees but it felt GREAT to get started on the house.
Tomorrow? We do it all again. I'll try to get some photos up.
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