Give a Man a Nail Gun...

and you'll have home improvements for life. Or something like that, I'm sure there must a similar proverb somewhere. As I mentioned the other day, M had a lot of time off over New Years. This time off corresponded perfectly with the new saw he received (miter?) for Christmas. I now find myself adding to the list of "things M could build".

Family trip to Lowes... and we're ready to go.

Keeping the Roosta entertained in between naps was a little challenging.  It wasn't for lack of trying.



M got to work on the crown molding in the dining room, kitchen and our bedroom.  His new nail gun and air compressor made the job go much quicker than the living room did- which he did entirely with hand tools. I told him he gets his carpenter badge for that one.

Dining Room...

Kitchen...

I also did the last coat on the bottom portion of the living room.  It had bugged M that the color was just off.  We took a paint chip into Lowes, and after 30 minutes M had convinced the paint guy that it was not true white like they said it was (which it was not). One new sales rep later, and we had our color. It matched! My heart could not have taken another coat in the living room.

We also did the moulding portions in semi-gloss which we neglected to do at first. See? Shiny.



Living room walls, done at last.

Moving on, our bedroom...

BEFORE

Oh my... let's move on quickly.

AFTER...

Still needs a few finishing touches, but who knows when (if ever) I'll get around to those (or making the bed again for that matter). So here it is, in all our reality. The bed has been slept in and everything.









Don't we look cute in that 3rd photo down?

We almost feel like grown ups.

Thanks, M. You're making our first home very cozy.