Week 9 was a highlight for sure! I’ve been waiting for this day ever since we closed on the house. There’s nothing wrong with blue paint in and of itself, it’s just not what I wanted all through the house. I want lighter, brighter and airier and those tired blue patched walls were not it.
So it was with much rejoicing that I watched the painter cover up those blue walls and my beautiful creamy warm white walls took over.
We called in our friend, Jimmy, a retired friend of the family painter who sprayed the ceilings a few weeks ago. He knows how to paint those tall walls much faster than we do, so it was worth it to get some outside help for this room. My dad helped a lot too by cutting in next to the lower ceiling and windows and doors.
I kept working on painting more of the board and batten. Inside the boxes took several coats of trim paint to cover the old blue, but it’s looking good here.
New Wall Color: Sherwin Williams Moderate White
Trim Color: Sherwin Williams Pure White
Wall color in dining room, above board and batten: Rockport Gray, Ben Moore
Looking down to the den.
The windows coming in the small foyer are really pretty now with the new trim and bright white paint. You can see how we joined the board and batten to the windows and I just love how the detail of the board and batten adds so much to this space. So glad we took the time to do that, it was only an additional 3 or 4 days of work and not much money at all.
Top of the stairs trim added.
We used some left over trim pieces and made them work here.
Light switch trimmed out and painted.
Close up of the joints.
A lunch break on the porch with a fried chicken lunch was a much needed rest for all of us.
Fried chicken dinner from Publix, our fave place for chicken when we buy it out.
My sister stopped by to check on the progress.
After lunch, coat #2 went up and then it really came alive.
After…..beautiful. Just what I had imagined in my head.
Love the way the new creamy paint looks with the stone fireplace now. Do you see why I love this wall of windows so much?? All this light coming in makes me so happy.
The stairs.
Love this shot from the dining room to the fireplace. The gray of the paint really pulls out the stone colors now.
Living room looking into dining room.
Board and batten up the stairs.
Looking to the front door.
Looking down the stairs to living room.
Stairway and hall up stairs.
From master bedroom door looking down hallway to living room.
I got the grass cut again last week and it was looking nice outside. That big pile of rubble is the old flooring. We’ll get a dumpster in here soon to take it all away.
One more demolition project that we got done last week was getting out this old tile floor in my vanity area. I hired Debbie’s son, Andrew to come over and give me some help. Glad to get it out of here and it will be ready for some hardwoods now.
Mom’s been working hard too. As we painted, she got in the hall bath and cleaned out the rotten bottom to it. It had completely disintegrated into sawdust after an apparent leak. For now, we’ll build another plywood bottom in here and I’ll paint it out and use this vanity and countertop for awhile until I can afford to gut it and start over.
These pics are on the fly and not the best, but wanted to document everything. My mama is such a hard working woman, she can outdo me any day when it comes to cleaning things up. She has really helped keep the place clean and swept up and I appreciate her so much too.
That’s the big progress for last week. Getting all those walls painted was a huge milestone. We got one of the bedrooms and master bedroom painted too (same color) and I forgot to take pics of those. I’m working on my office too and I’ll show you that soon. It’s going to be a brighter color, wait til you see!
Thanks for being excited with me on this house reno. I love to read all the comments that y’all leave me! I’ve told my dad what a rockstar he is in blogland, but he just laughs. That is totally not in his world at all.
Hi Rhoda!
Everyone is working so hard… love seeing the pics!! Hope you enjoyed your well deserved fried chicken, yum!!
Rhoda, The transformation is amazing. You are so talented with your vision to see the potential in this home. I just adore your parents too – you are certainly blessed! Hugs to you! Diane
Love the colors! I’m thinking they might look nice in my house too 🙂
The board and batten looks amazing! I love how it transforms each space, window, and door. Beautiful job! Think how great it will look when you have all of your furniture and decor in there!
I’m delighted to watch your home develop so beautifully. I also appreciate the help your parents are providing. Be grateful to have them on earth.
Would you be willing to share with us your plans on paper for how you decided paint color and what will go where and how you came up with your ideas? That would really be of value to me as I take on a new refurbishing home project because I really don’t know where to start.
Thank you, Rhoda!
looks just breathtaking……light, bright, cheery & clean! perfect place for A FRESH START! you guys have done amazing work.
Lookin’ good! I love seeing the progress you’re making.
It’s looking fantastic Rhoda! Can’t wait to see it completed!!
Rhoda – looks soooo great! You are really breathing real life back into that poor old house. Keep it up!
Wow, Rhoda , it really looks great! Do you think you’ll hang the plates in the dining room like your other house? I loved that. Can’t wait to see it come together.
Omgosh, Rhoda, it is amazing to see your vision coming together! The new paint and all the trim have magically transformed everything! My favorite shot is the gray walls in the DR looking in towards that beautiful stone fp, and that does, indeed, pick up the stone perfectly. You definitely have some amazing workers. I’m so happy to see this in progress and going so well! You are blessed with an amazing force of workers, for sure. Keep up the good work!
Wow! My elderly parents have been very helpful to me in so many ways. However I would never want them to do that kind of work at their ages. Even if they wanted to. You’re very fortunate.
I absolutely LOVE when I see a post about the reno!! It is so fun watching the transformation! And your right…your parents are both rockstars!!
It’s looking absolutely wonderful. I adore the way the creamy walls look with that fireplace, and oh, those windows!!!
Hi Rhonda, We are all watching an amazing transformation. The cream and gray look great with the fireplace. Lots of hard work by all! But oh so rewarding!
Your home is beginning to have a Pottery Barn flare. I love it!
Love watching this progress, Rhoda! You are going to have so much to be proud of.
HUGE difference, Rhoda ~ it’s really coming along! Love “hearing” your excitement in these posts. Hope you can get a little rest this weekend. 😉
Love watching the progress on your home-especially love your parents! They are both blog land rockstars indeed!! God bless!
If this were a book, I’d flip to the last chapter to see how it ends (and I never do that!), and if it were a movie, I’d fast-forward it!! It’s moving along quickly in real life, but it feels like it’s forever here in blogland! The changes are already so profound that I just cannot wait to see what the finished product looks like. Don’t you dare miss a week in updating us, Rhoda! It looks wonderful!! 🙂