What this means to me is that we have to be ready for an appraisal. And I just am not ready for that. Really. However, appraisals do not wait for homeowners who just want to sit around wrapped in a blanket reading a new book. I got a call from our appraiser on Friday, asking to see the house today. Yikes!!!
So Doug and I went to work. Trying to look at the big picture, we decided that we needed a finished wall in the front room, and it would be really nice to have the painting done in the kitchen. Saturday was also Malena's piano recital and a church Christmas party (at which I was singing and accompanying a quartet - that hadn't practiced). So it was a busy, busy day.
It worked kind of like this:
- Prep the kitchen while Doug pulls electrical to the other side of the wall.
- Prime the kitchen.
- Take girls shopping for a birthday party (oh yes, that happened too).
- Eat lunch. Doug is still playing with the electrical.
- Go to recital. Drop Malena off at her birthday party.
- Paint the kitchen (coat #1). Doug was now finishing the wall by installing a new corner bead and mudding the new drywall.
- Rehearse with the quartet.
- Paint the kitchen (coat #2). Doug had finished what he was going to do, so I was all alone...and loving the solitude.
- Go to the Christmas party. Eat dinner (mostly), then rehearse again.
- Perform. Repeat.
- Fight with Sophia, who was soooo tired at this point (no nap).
- Go home and crash.
A painted kitchen. Sadly, this is one of those things that you don't notice - and that is a good thing. I should be grateful that no one is noticing it because it's bad, right?
Before |
After! |
The back of the wall |
And the front of the wall. |
Well, it looks great. I hope you get the refinance you want!
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