Days 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 – Is it déjà vu or “days and days and days ja vu?”

I know. You’re thinking “more of the same.” So am I. Unfortunately, that seems to be the state of our renovation project.

Keith returned on Friday (Day 25) and spent the day finishing and refinishing hiccups in the drywall. Some of his repairs were needed to repair the work done when our house was originally constructed in 1987. Other repairs are simply fixing the dings and divots of our 30 year tenure in the house. My hope (and his) is that he will repair them all flawlessly before he starts painting.

When Keith left on Friday he said that he would return at 8:00 on Monday. Keith lives an hour and a half to the east of Carrboro. I was impressed by his show of dedication. Monday morning we got a text. Jason pulled him off to finish another job. He would arrive at noon. He eventually arrived about 1:30. And of course, to get home at a reasonable hour he had to pack up and leave by 4:30. Not much accomplished on Day 28!

On Tuesday (Day 29) Keith again self-scheduled his arrival for 8:00. Again he texted. Traffic in Raleigh was impossible and would delay him until 9:00. He ultimately arrived around 10:00. He unloaded scaffolding to allow him to safely tackle the vaulted ceiling in the dining area.

As of today, we are now 30 days in. Keith arrived at 9:00 this morning. He said that he has about an hour of drywall work to complete and then he will start painting the ceiling. He hopes to have all of the ceilings finished by the end of the day. He will start painting the walls tomorrow. He told Jason that all painting would be complete by next Wednesday (Day 37).

Since the important painting will start tomorrow Betty chose the all important colors. The pics below will give you some sense of where things are going. I took one on the photos with warm white illumination only; the other with bright white flash. Betty painted large sheets of poster board with each of the paint candidates and then moved them from room to room at different times of the day to see the differences that location and lighting played on each. The differences in the pics below will give you a sense of how her experimentation played out.

The wooden block that supports the paint cards is made from Bubinga. We are having a table made of Bubinga by Hill Country Woodworks, a local handcrafted furniture business. The fabric sample is for the seat cushions on the chairs.