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The ceiling is blue

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Today’s pictures aren’t all that pretty, but we are making progress!  We got the ceiling painted yesterday.

blue painted ceiling

We started by pushing all of my junk furniture against the walls.  Then instead of just taping the tops of walls, we taped plastic drop cloths to them and draped the drop cloth over all the stuff we pushed against the walls.  That way, we didn’t have to move anything out of the room and everything stayed paint-free.

taping off for painting the ceiling

We didn’t bother covering the floor since it needs a new paint job anyway.  I thought we would have a lot of paint splatter, but we really didn’t.  In fact, the only paint that ended up getting on the floor was after we were done when I was cleaning up.  The whole process of painting the ceiling was a lot quicker, simpler and cleaner than we expected, which was a nice surprise.  The hardest part was actually keeping the roller flat against the ceiling.

Blue ceiling

The little helper managed to find a spot on the floor large enough for him, and he seemed quite happy to be in the middle of the action.  He was too cute to tell that he was in the way.

Blue ceiling (7)

We’re going to keep moving forward this week.  I’ll be taking all the shelves off the walls and taping off the trim so we can get the walls painted light gray either tonight or tomorrow.

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  1. onshore

    June 11, 2012 at 6:54 pm

    Hihhey!! It looks good!

    Nice trick to cover the walls and the stuff, it’s quite a job to move everything.

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  2. Courtney

    June 13, 2012 at 10:16 am

    ooh, lovely color Christina!! Bet you guys had sore arms after rolling that!!
    I agree about the cuteness factor…I couldn’t have told him to move either!

    Thanks for the lovely comments on my blog…we are totally in sync lateley !!

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Update: the MCM is officially sold! We did eventua Update: the MCM is officially sold! We did eventually finish most of our restoration/renovation projects. I'll share the updates in the coming months as we get settled in to our new place. 😁
House update! The realtor is still confused about House update! The realtor is still confused about why "it's such a popular house." When she arrived yesterday for a showing, there were 8 cars in the driveway. 😃

We had three offers the first day, one of whom hadn't even seen the house in person yet.
Surprise! The house is going on the market today. Surprise! The house is going on the market today. (Long story that I'll fill you in on when I have more than 2 seconds.)
.
But we're once again with a realtor that calls our house "unique" instead of calling it a Mid Century Modern. 🤦‍♀️
.
We can't count how many locals came into this house and mentioned that those windows should be removed and walled up and the beams cut off. And then it would be a "normal" house. 🤯
.
Still can't really identify with people in this area. 🤷‍♀️ SO happy to be going back home to the East coast TOMORROW!
Right? We're getting back into the house restorat Right? 
We're getting back into the house restoration and we'll be working on the powder room in the master bed. 
Guys. It's bad. Swipe to see.
And we're going to try to make it pretty with a super tiny budget of $100 in 4 weeks and we're joining the #100roomchallenge to keep us (me) motivated.
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