No Rest for the Wicked (or Dusty)

Still have plenty of flooring to go yet.

When you are in the middle of a big renovation, weekends cease to be filled with relaxing hunks of time to fritter away as you will. Nope. Weekends are spent trying to get the painting done before the guys come back on Monday. They are spent trying to get rid of some of the dust.  Weekends are for doing the dishes in the utility sink in the basement and then realizing you have more dishes upstairs to bring down. It is also time to thoroughly clean the one working bathroom since it is shared by you and about 6 different guys rotating through the house.  Yuck.

On the weekend you get up early to do normal things (like laundry) and then it's time to run to Menard's for paint deglosser only to find out that they have had a run on the stuff and you need to go to another store. Meanwhile, no painting is getting done by the designated painter.

The view from the stairs.  Those curtains are held up by
hangers.  Cracks me up to look at it.

Weekends are when you discover that you can't get on your treadmill without cleaning up all of the debris that the electrician and plumber left from moving pipes and wires.  Of course, I will have to do that again and again and again. At least there is no pounding and sawing and sanding going on above my head.

But sunny Saturdays in the early Spring make all of the difference in the world.  It is hard not to be energetic on days like today. With the car window down and the tunes turned up, I didn't even mind having to go to a second store for the deglosser.

The new pot lights for the kitchen.  Yeah.

Everyone should face their couches this way.  So much more room in here.

Tools of the trade for painting the hallway.

This cracks me up.  I spray painted the cold air return grate and went out to get it, but it was gone.  It seems my husband had hung it from the stove in the garage.  He's a thinker, that guy.

I adore this shot.  This was my grandmother's step stool.  It is covered with paint and the rubber treads have disintegrated, but we use it almost every day.  I need to replace the treads, but I can't decide whether or not to paint it.  I kind of love all of the drips.

I won't clean the paintbrushes in either bathroom since they both have new sinks.  So, down to the basement we go.  

And, just because I could, here is Pluto in the newly renovated bathroom window.  Pretty kitty.

It feels like I didn't get much done today, but that's alright.  I will get some things accomplished tomorrow.  Then it's back to work on Monday and Swim Girl's birthday and errands to run and appointments to keep.  Maybe I will even be able to squeeze in a little art time.  It would be lovely to post something different for a change.

PS:  Domino's is having a 50% off online ordering special through tomorrow.  Now those are the kinds of deals we need right now.