Today was painting day! Everyone showed up in painting clothes – ready to go! After our morning devotion and job assignments, the teams started right in. The future owner had picked two colors – sky blue for the master bedroom area and grey for the rest of the house. We had 3 painting teams working on different parts of the house. Joe and I worked with Karen and Terry to paint to paint the Master Bedroom, closet and bathroom blue. The goal was to get two coats of paint on the entire house today.
I had ‘cut in’ duty. When I’ve done this in the past, I like to tape the ceiling …. but I was encouraged by all to just go free-hand. It turned out fine. Just another first at this build ;-).
We had the first coat on the master bedroom, bath and closet by 10AM – just in time for our morning break! During the break today, we celebrated Gene’s 70th birthday with a card and some delicious cupcakes. We were told by our retired professional painter that we had to wait about an hour for the 1st coat to dry. So, we started the second coat around 11AM, and finished before lunch at noon!
After lunch, the future homeowner stopped by after work to drop off some items. It was fun to see her reaction to the paint colors. Her first reaction to the master was “wow, it’s very blue” ;-).
While we were painting this morning, there was another team blowing insulation into the attic. They ran a hose from a trailer (with the insulation equipment) into the crawl space. There was a team in the truck feeding insulation into the tube while the team in the attic directed it. I’m sure they were glad to get an early start, so they could be done by about 11AM … especially given that it was over 90 degrees this afternoon.
By around 2PM, the entire house had two coats of paint and a fully insulated attic!
It looks great :-).
A wonderful paint job. No, its an excellent paint job and done in such a short time. Do I have a job for you. I am pleased the new owner had an opportunity to see this work. This reinforces the incredible effort that goes into building this fine house. The attic insulation is not visible but it’s so important. You and the teams continue to make great progress. The new owner has to be very grateful. We are all grateful for your generosity.
To paraphrase a quote from a song by Grand Funk Railroad. “Your getting closer to their HOME”. Looking Good.
It is very Blue!! but nice.