The MacDeskBlog

palladian and philipsburg blue master bedroom

We had a painting party on Saturday. Karen, Justin, and Boar showed up to help Michelle and me. Michelle and I hit up the paint store in the morning and picked out the remaining colors. We put an accent wall in the master bedroom. Despite painting a four square foot sample on the wall last week, the main color turned out to be much greener than we expected. It complements the accent color well, so we’re pleased even with the surprise.

avon green office

Karen arrived first with beer and food in hand. She also brought along considerable experience painting houses and great enthusiasm. Michelle had started rolling the bedroom while I masked off the ceiling. Karen immediately grabbed a brush and started cutting ahead of Michelle’s roller. Justin and Dave arrived a bit later, and jumped right in as well. We knocked out two coats in each room downstairs, plus I sprayed two coats in the upstairs closets.

butte rock family room with door

On Sunday, Dave arrived early so we could hang the exterior door downstairs. We remembered a whole lot about hanging doors as we went (as opposed to before we started), and essentially hung it twice. In the end, we were quite please with the results. Then we tackled installing the bathtub, only to discover that it was damaged (bent and chipped corner). Even so, we took care of all of the prep work for the tub, which is huge. After Dave left for home, I installed the knobs and deadbolt into the new door. Michelle and I returned the damaged tub to Home Depot in the evening, picking up a replacement and checking the replacement for damage before we left. One corner of the box was a bit crumpled, so we borrowed a knife from one of the staff and cut open the corner of the box to make sure the corner wasn’t bent. When we got home and cut open the rest of the box, we discovered that though the rear corners were fine (one of which we cut open), both front corners were bent and missing porcelain like the previous tub.