Gallon of Buttermilk Paint

Week #8 began on November 9^th with lots of multi-tasking.    Baseboards, trim and crown mould going up in the downstairs rooms while painting is happening upstairs.    I love demo and construction, but HATE picking out paint colors.    My selection process was based on the looking at the Pottery Barn catalog and choosing the colors listed at the bottom of the page.    Here one of my two paint color chart walls displaying my methodology in color selection:

Brian officially put the first coat of paint on November 9^th at 1:05 p.m.   The color was named “Nantucket Breeze 521” and the location was in my office upstairs.  FYI - it is the color number 3 shown in photo above.

By the end of the first week of painting, we have the office, hall bathroom, Brooks' bedroom, Brett & Janna's bedroom and the master bath completed.  The next color will be "Buttermilk" in hall and foyer.

Before the new french doors could be installed, Chad had to cut about 5 inches of brick out since we raised the den floor to match the adjacent living room.  This did not appear to be his favorite thing to do Friday.

Work completed without LB

I had to take off from my construction job for the entire first week of November for election work back in Ocilla.  Chad decided to give me a big surprise while I was away.  He built our bookcases for the family room.   He built two in area that was formerly living room (left of fireplace) and one in former den (right of fireplace). 

Another addition during the week was the installation of new windows which of course will result in more work needed on exterior.  

Love, love, love the new arched opening between the foyer and the kitchen designed by Jason Jones.  Here is the progress now once the sheetrock was installed.    We have officially named it the “Time Out Tunnel” as it is the only place downstairs that you can’t see the big screen TV that Tony plans to install over the fireplace.    

 Another great design by Jason was how to transform the dungeon doors to an updated, traditional look.  Next step is installing glass and painting the front doors.