Steady Progress

I don't have any more pictures, but I thought I better let everyone know of our progress. We are still in the taping and texture phase (big surprise, I know). Almost all of the walls are textured upstairs and we have started on the ceilings. We still have some final touch ups with taping downstairs as well as a whole bunch of sanding. Then we can texture away and downstairs should go a lot quicker than upstairs. We are going to have to work hard, but we are hoping by the end of next weekend that we will be finished with taping and texture for the whole house. If all goes well, I can have pictures of paint on the walls in a couple of weeks!

Texture

This is a close-up. I was hoping you could see the texture, but I don't know how well it worked.

After weeks and weeks of taping, I can officially say that rooms were textured today. One of Travis' friends came up to help today, and we owe a HUGE thanks to him. Taping is such a fine art and those with experience make it look so easy. Eric and Travis were able to texture almost all of the walls in the "north wing" and it looks great. Being able to put texture on the walls today actually made it feel like we were finally making progress again. It is hard to tell how the texture looks in pictures. It looks sort of funny because some of the mud dried faster, but I promise it looks good:) Thanks to Eric we are still on track in regards to our timeline...July here we come!

Taping and Texture

We were out at the house working again this morning, but after a long week, we were pretty tired and headed home around 4:00. After a nap, I finally found time to update the blog. Last weekend, we were able to almost complete taping out the basement (with a lot of help). Today we met up with Paul and were able to find a texture that we liked and more importantly that we could do ourselves. We used the hopper with a bigger spray and then knocked it down. It helps to give it the more of the actual hand texture look. We did most of the walls in the dining room and kitchen. After realizing that we could texture and that we could replicate it, we made a plan for the next couple of weeks and headed home. Tomorrow, the plan is to prep more of the house by fixing any nicks or imperfections in the walls and taping off the windows and doors. Once that is done, we will be able to texture pretty quick. On another note, we ordered our cabinets the other day. Doing something different made me that much more excited to finish taping. The cabinets won't be in for another month, but I can't wait to see them!

The Hardwood is Here

We found a hardwood sample that we liked here in Helena, but we ordered it for much cheaper online. It was delivered out to the house yesterday and we were really happy with our choice. This is just the 5" width, but the picture sort of shows the color variations and the look of the hand scrape. On another note, we are still taping. The upstairs is basically done, and we are hoping to have the downstairs completed by the end of the weekend. We created a timeline of all our projects to make sure we finish the house before July. Right now we are on schedule, so here's hoping it stays that way:)