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An Update

It's been a few days since we've updated about the house project and while there's not really much to show at the moment, there have been little things happening over the last several days. Most of the happenings have been things that are setting us up for upcoming projects. We've spent a fair amount of time looking for specific items and that eats up a lot of the actual work time.

One thing we've definitely noticed is that it's not an easy time to get our hands on stuff - any stuff. Even going to the paint store to get some color for our first-to-be-painted room, they were out of nearly everything. Having a choice of the level of paint doesn't seem like it'll be something we'll be able to choose, but rather we'll likely need to take what we can get, if there's anything at all. Fortunately, I was able to get what we needed for the first room, but there is definitely concern about upcoming rooms. I'd rather not buy all the paint for all the rooms at the same time, but I don't think that's a possibility anyway at the moment. 

Over the weekend, we also found the main piece for a built-in that will be happening in the kitchen. We still need to find another piece to fill the space and will need to build out the entire area, but are excited to see what comes of that project in the future. 

The currently beat up walls. It's hard to see the current texture here, 
but the holes/cracks alone are enough reason to re-coat most of the walls.

Additionally, I decided that I just couldn't handle the wall texture in the house and found an alternate to using plaster to skim coat the walls. That has become a time-consuming process, even not having to mix the plaster batches, but while I know that likely no one else will ever notice, it's something that I do think will make the walls look a little better, so I'm willing to take the time to make it happen. We could have just patched the holes and cracks, but I think that, at least in the long run, this will be a better decision.

We were also able to get our hands on a glass slider door. There isn't currently a slider in the house, but there is a window that makes no sense as a window, so it will soon be a door, which will make access to the yard, and specifically the deck, a lot easier. Getting that home was an interesting challenge, but we made it back all in one piece without breaking the door or glass, which was a win as far as we were concerned. Sam commented that we need a bigger truck for such things (which isn't untrue), but I think a hauling trailer is likely in our future as it will be easier to obtain than a new truck. 

It looks like we'll be painting the wood floors, rather than staining them. After doing some research, we just don't think it will be realistic to strip/stain them. But, we have grown rather fond of the lightness it brings to the house with the white color on the floor, so after we clean them up, we'll likely repaint with a white or other light color and then seal them up. Hoping that the process will be relatively painless, but we shall see.

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