Renovation Update #6 - Ladder Legs and Roller Shoulders

My deadline has come and gone, so I just made myself a new one.  My friend Judy is coming on the 10th of April and if I have nothing else but  a couple of beds and a coffee maker in this house, we're staying there.  
So, some good stuff happened this week and I'm a happy girl.  I got my utility sink in the 1/2 bath.  I know I will use the heck out of this.  It's considered a mini utility tub, but it holds a 5 gal. bucket.  Why did I stick it in the 1/2 bath instead of the laundry room?  I have other plans for the extra space in the laundry room and I figure only Sam and I will use this bathroom that is just off of the garage.  Jacob is enamored with the pullout sprayer and has aimed it at me several times with a devilish twinkle in his eye.   

Most of my lighting is in...which makes painting much easier.  Sam and I both find it increasingly frustrating that you cannot paint out a shadow.  My pendant over the sink is my favorite and it may be the saving grace of that pass-through that I still don't love.

You'll be happy to know that I got that horrid peach paint re-tinted to the shade of tannish/beige that I wanted.  I painted an accent wall in a color that is kind of a brownish rust that I love...but more on that another time.

I was surprised that many of you didn't know you could get paint re-tinted.  In fact, you can even get old paint re-tinted.  Mark (yes, I'm on a first name basis with my paint guy) even told me to bring in any leftover paint and he would re-tint it to whatever color I desired.  Music to a crafters ears!  Keep in mind...a dark color cannot be tinted lighter.  A good paint guy can show you the possibilities.
The vanity in the master bath is primed and ready for paint as soon as the tile backsplash gets grouted.  Sam picked out the mirror and the lighting all by himself.  I think he did a great job.  Maybe next time I'll take a picture with the lights off so you can actually see how pretty they are.

Some grey happened on my kitchen wall.  It's dark, but my table that goes along side this wall is white and it's going to be perfect.

Most exciting of all to me is that my counter tops finally arrived...late on Friday of course, so they won't be installed until maybe Wednesday.  I know they look a little busy, but they are the only busy thing happening in this kitchen.  Everything else is relatively calm.  I took this picture late in the day when they were unloading them, so it's a bit shadowy.

What's left at this point?  Kitchen tile behind my counters and painting those cabinets.  (I'll admit I'm terrified to do it, which is why they look like this right now...just waiting for paint.)

My flooring is scheduled to be installed on the 31st, 1st and 2nd.  It's killer stuff...coastal cypress for the living room, hall, craft room and master bath.  Grey barn wood-ish Aqua-click for the kitchen, laundry and 1/2 bath.  Carpet for the remaining bedrooms and office.  The only floor that is not being replaced is the family room, which I may regret, but the money-bleeding must stop somewhere.
Some new doors have been ordered and should be in this week.  Finally, trim, which goes down after the floors are installed.  
Mostly I am so very happy to not be painting walls anymore.  I have had a serious case of "ladder legs" and Sam is suffering from "roller shoulders".  If you've ever painted a whole house, you know what these afflictions are.
On a completely different note.  My sister-in-law's goat had a baby last week.  So very cute...

And...last, but certainly not least...I managed to convince Cheryl to take pity on me and write another post, so please come back for yet another installation of "Cheryl Butts In" tomorrow.