Blue walls and Pinot greenio

It's amazing that now we're finished with the bathroom and laundry room, everything else seems like a total cakewalk. Sanding, smoothing and painting? Child's play!

OK, so we're pretty picky -- and that means this takes us a while. But at least it's something that really has a huge impact quickly. We love that.

This weekend was a heavy dose of painting. The bedroom is all touched up and just needs its trim to get a final coat. The blue is very relaxing.



We trimmed out the whole-house attic fan just to make it look more appealing and less utilitarian. I routed out the back underside of it to make sure the tabs that hold the off-season cover in place would be able to slide.



Then Jeff set about getting the first coat of white on the ceiling and walls of the upstairs hallway. They, like literally every other painted wall in this house, were an almond color. Taking them to pure white is almost unbelievably different and refreshing. It looks so great already, even though it needs another coating or two.



I also sanded the old walnut finish off the handrail going upstairs. It's just a simple piece of pine, but it isn't ugly (and in fact its simplicity is nice). And because it was installed in place before the walls went up, the only option if we didn't like it would be to cut it apart and add another railing in pieces -- because it's too long to get out of the house in one piece any more.



Tonight the very hot day gave way to a cool and relaxing night, so we grilled mahi-mahi and ate outside. Jeff got creative with the neon food coloring in our Pinot grigio.



We love it here more every single day -- because that day has gotten us closer to the beautiful home we know is hiding under the beige paint and dirty subfloors.