Airless paint sprayer to the rescue.

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We bought an airless paint sprayer on Friday night, but only started to use it this morning. All I can say is…WOW! What an awesome piece of equipment. I actually bought the cheaper model than I was planning on, but didn’t realize it until I was assembling it. That wasn’t a big deal though. There was a little bit of a leaving curve, but once I got adjusted it was fantastic. I sprayed primer and the finish coat on a lot of shiplap. It went very quickly and looks great. The only downside is that the reservoir is only 32 ounces, and that doesn’t last very long. Refilling is a bit slow and tedious. So I am thinking of getting another one with a hose that goes down into the five gallon bucket of paint. Then I will really fly! My dad painted the drywall in the apartment, Luke’s room, and the spare room with a roller. They look great. We moved all of the cedar inside because it’s supposed to storm this evening. Tomorrow I’ll install it on the vaulted ceilings in the apartment and master bedroom. After dinner we went to Lowe’s for more paint. I went to Lowe’s twice and Home Depot once today. It got dark super early. Now it is very windy but not cold. I actually wish it was a little cooler. Tomorrow should be a good day.

The Little Inspector pays a visit.

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I awoke this morning to the sound of drywall being sanded. It was a little chilly so I didn’t exactly jump out of bed. After messing around a bit I went to Home Depot to get my dad an electric sander for the drywall. It is a cordless Ryobi, and uses the same batteries that I already have. Back at the house I did a lot more spackling. I am basically finished with everything but the highest reaches of the walls and vaulted ceiling in the kitchen/dining room. Liz and Luke came in the afternoon. She brought seven (7!!!) samples of white (or close) paint, which I proceeded to put at various spots around the house and apartment. She decided on one of the not so white options. It will be used on the walls, trim, and vaulted ceilings. I finished up the day and daylight by installing most of our last old siding accent wall in the spare bedroom.

Priming.

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Another kind of slow day. I started off the morning by going to the bank up in Franklin, then visiting two Lowe’s stores, the same number of Home Depots, and a Sherwin Williams. All trying to get some reliable information about paint. I also bought some chisels and a protractor at Home Depot. After lunch I went by Big Box and ordered more cabinets and vanities. Back at the house I uncovered my cedar and ogled it for a while. They are pretty nice boards. I installed a couple more deadbolts using my new chisels and mortising device. The latter is very neat. When my dad arrived we started priming the shiplap in the apartment. I really wasn’t happy with the quality that we were getting from brushes and rollers, so we drove down to Pulaski and got a sprayer at Home Depot. We also bought the tile for two bathrooms. We had dinner at a buffet there in town before driving back to the farm.

Slogging through Thursday.

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It was a fairly discouraging day. The issues actually started during the middle of the night. It was very windy and the French doors kept blowing open. I set some of our new interior doors in front of them, and then they got blown over and damaged. That scared the hell out of me. I woke up at 1:30 and it took hours to fall back asleep. My dad arrived at eight, and I was still in bed. I got up shortly thereafter though. It rained hard all morning. I don’t even remember what we worked on before eating a very late breakfast at Cracker Barrel. Next we went to Lowe’s for some painting supplies and primer. We started in the apartment – my dad sanding drywall and me spackling the nail holes on the shiplap. Talk about tedious! But I finished the living room at least. My dad moved on to the spare bedroom while I tried to do more cleaning and organizing around the house. I really need to haul some stuff to the dump soon. I did manage to install a couple of deadbolt locks. I like the door hardware we bought.

The leaves are really starting to change, and that is nice. I would like to drive around to see more, but really need to focus on finishing the house. We close on the condo four weeks from today. Little Man turns seven months tomorrow. Busy times.