One room (halfway) down...

Finally. We have made some progress. I picked out paint colors a few weeks ago while waiting for Andrew to meet me at Home Depot, but we didn't get started until last Monday, July 5.

The greens were options for my office, the blues for the guest room, the grays for the master bedroom and the tans for the hall and den. Because it's summer we've had a ton going on and haven't had much time to do any home stuff other than minor fixes and lots of research on kitchen upgrades. (The search for kitchen cabinets is on!)

Since last weekend was a holiday we thought we'd finally have some time to get painting. We were able to buy all of our supplies and paint Thursday or Friday (ended up at Lowe's), but with all the weekend festivities (paddling the Connecticut, hiking part of the Robert Frost Trail) we didn't crack the paint cans until Monday morning.

Here are some pics of the first day of painting...

taping is my LEAST favorite part...

blanched pine (white) for the ceilings and trim...

and leafy rise (green) for the walls!

Just before noon we determined we needed to wrap up. In order to get good lawn seats at Tanglewood to see James Taylor and Carole King we would need to leave EARLY, which we did. Here's a pic of the festivities:

                                      

We finished the second and final coat of paint Sunday and did most of the trim. I'll post a finished pic once we get the floors stained...then it will be truly done!