paint! step 1 of... many.

Paint!  First step towards finally living in our own home!  Here are some recent pics from Sunday.  The grey paint we picked is just right and barely shows up with all the natural light that fills up the house and the naturally grey concrete floors and no crisp white baseboards... so its still up in the air if we really and truly picked the "right" color of... grey.  Just kidding, its going to be great! I think.

Guest bedroom

Baseboards.  Nice and simple, and 6" tall!

More primed baseboards.  All of our trim and doors are being painted/sprayed on with an oil based slight off-white/....grey (did you think I'd go any other direction but grey?).  Oil-base will stand up better to nicks, scuffs, and is super easy to clean, doesn't show the streak marks from a paint brush or roller, and it looks so beautiful.

Clear pine to wrap the re-clad ceiling beams.   Eventually will be stained to match our floors.

Our doors!  with casings, and hardware! (except no handles yet.)

David's garage/shop.  We closed up the rafter;open ceiling, made an attic door and painted it the grey.  So pretty and bright for making me all kinds of new fun things in there!

"My" garage.  The front garage was newly textured and painted.  So nice and fresh.  This also shows how close the extension of the laundry room wall came to hitting the electrical panel.  But its all good.

Hallway. and door. and paint.

Laundry room.  I just can't get enough.  

Studio with paint.

This week is TILE!  We have a 16" x 24" travertine stone tile going in at the kitchen, hallway, bathrooms and laundry.  This will take a whole week.  And our tile layer is amazing.  His name is Domingo Montez and David and I have known him since we met... 4 years ago this fall.  

And, cabinets get delivered Monday and installed on Tuesday!

Here is what is left... 

wood floors

cabinets

granite countertops

backsplash (this is an inevitable TBD bc I can't make up my mind.)

plumbing fixtures

lighting fixtures

baseboards

fireplace stucco/tile

clean

I'm sure there is much more, but that's for David to worry about.  And he loves it.