I used to like painting. . .

I've been painting. Surprise!

I finished painting the trim in the hall and entry. I had to make a lot of repairs before I could start painting. The trim was really battered and the bottoms of the door jambs looked like this



Now they look like this



I filled the gaps with grout and then caulked. Certainly not great, but at least the kids can't put things in the holes anymore.


I painted the linen closet



And Winnie's closet



I just need to finish painting the doors to offically be done with the paint in Winnie's room. I'm painting the hallway side of all my doors gray--a darker shade of the color on the walls.



I painted one door and then decided that it wasn't quite dark enough so I had the paint retinted today. I might get the doors done this weekend, but since the weather is supposed to be so nice, we're going to work in the yard. Maybe the kids will get to jump on our trampoline.



See it there sticking up above the dirt? Matt started to dig the hole out and this is what we found



Hardened 80 lb bags or mortar. They totally fill the hole and start about 6 inches down. That will be hours of trampoline fun.

The House, Lately

Hall before



Hall in progress



Entry before



Entry in progress



Family Room before (sorry about the small picture--it's from the listing and I forgot to take any others before I started painting)



Family Room in progress



I should be farther along in my painting, but I keep getting distracted and doing things like this



and like this



and like this



P.S. If the bag happens to be your birthday present, pretend you didn't see it here first. :)

Us Lately