Progress on baby's room

This was the room with two doorways and no doors. The room had (destroyed) plaster underneath drywall with caulked seams (why bother with that pesky mudding/taping/sanding process!), and trim that was partially primed (got bored while painting so just stopped?). After Dad and Eric ripped everything out, we redid the electrical and insulation, framed in a new closet, and started on drywall. Now that we have so many rooms in progress, it will take a while longer to finish everything, but hopefully it won't be too long before this looks more like a finished room. Not that it's a big rush - we have until approximately 9/10 to finish this project. :)

Alaska Day 8 - Wasilla

The second to last day of our trip, we had a relaxed travel day back south with the goal of ending up somewhere near enough to Anchorage for us to turn in the RV on time the next morning. Jim did some fishing (no luck), we had a leisurely breakfast in our boondocked RV, and wondered when exactly a huge moose pooped so close to our RV during the night. Fishing by our boondocked RV We didn't have a campground reserved for the night, but knowing that Anchorage campgrounds are primarily super expensive parking lots, we decided to stop 45 mins north in Wasilla. The city might be best known as the hometown of Sarah Palin, and it was covered with Palin signs. We later learned that Alaska was holding elections this Tuesday (Palin lost). In more entertaining news, Wasilla is also home to the Iditarod Headquarters and Museum. The Iditarod is a long-distance sled dog race covering over 900 miles in 8+ days. The headquarters had dog houses but no dogs visible during our visit, so we looked ar...

Can't believe it

We were all excited this week to finish the nursery. After finishing the final coat on the trim, we removed the blue painters tape from the walls. Sheets of the wall paint came off with the tape. In all the years we've been painting, I've never seen that before. Maybe related to the humidity when we were painting? The trim itself is fine, but we've got a LOT of touch-ups to do this weekend. Hopefully scraping, sanding, and touch-up paint will do the trick.

Before & After - Front Door

Quite the transformation with the new color scheme! Since our house is located in a historic district, the colors had to be approved by the historic district commission. Front Door After The colors and products used here are (not affiliate links): Door - Sherwin Williams Cajun Red ( link , a pretty red-orange in real life, looks slightly more brown here) Siding - Sherwin Williams Rookwood Blue Green ( link ) Trim (white) - Sherwin Williams Pure White ( link ) Trim (teal) - Sherwin Williams Still Water ( link ) Porch floor - Sherwin Williams Pewter Tankard ( link ) Brick foundation (not shown) - Sherwin Williams Rookwood Dark Brown ( link ) Mailbox - Ecco E4 in Bronze ( link , available via Amazon and elsewhere) Similar Craftsman-style Door With Dentil Shelf ( link ) Front Door Before

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