That was a lot of work

I finally finished the kitchen and dining room project over the Thanksgiving weekend. Well almost.. but that's a little bit later. I think I took my first strip of wallpaper out sometime in August, and little by little got it all done. Here's what the painted rooms look like. I was almost going to say "finished" but its far from finished. We need new blinds, a new light fixture in the kitchen, outlet covers... All the appliances look out of place, so maybe some nice new stainless steel appliances. Oh boy - and here I thought I was just painting the room!

The new fan in the dining room

Tan in the other half of the dining room and kitchen

A few days after I thought I was done, I looked closely at the tan wall shown in the two pictures above. The wall was completely pitted and damaged. When the wallpaper had come off, it had taken off with it small amounts of plaster. I had originally hoped that with a heavy enough coating of paint, the pits would be filled. It was not to be. The wall looked like the surface of the moon. I mean, if you just walked in the room, and walked out, you probably wouldn't notice it. But no - it was there. So Monday night I re-mudded the entire wall. I called off work on Tuesday to sand and then re-prime and paint. Ahhh.. it's a lot better. Still not perfect - but a lot better.

Priya has her Christmas play tonight. But Tish is working, and Armaan has a fever. So I will be staying home, and Priya will go with Skylar. Hopefully she doesn't freak out, and survives ok.