As I mentioned in my previous post, we got a ton accomplished this past weekend. I spent Saturday sanding the drywall and priming it, so it would be ready for the first coat of paint on Sunday. I had used the Dust Control joint compound from USG and it worked like a champ! Don’t get me wrong, it was still a bit dusty… but I didn’t look like a powderball had exploded next to me. Most of the dust fell to the floor instead of floating in my eyes and ears, so it was definitely a good buy. This guy gives it two enthusiastic taping knives up.

We had originally planned on painting the room a sort of light, slate blue color but a test patch proved that it wouldn’t flow very well with the other rooms. So two quick trips to Home Depot later and we had our Dynasty Celadon, which is somewhere between a sage and a light sage. Jess put up the first coat on Sunday while Will and I scouted the Boardman river for some trout. We didn’t see any (trout, that is), but we did feed some water spiders plenty of grass… which, come to think of it, was sort of a Dynasty Celadon in color…

We will put up a second coat of paint during the week with the goal of having the trim painted and up this coming weekend. With a little bit of luck and some extra work, we could be ready for carpet just after Mother’s Day… let’s hope!