Now in Living Color - July 25, 2011

Today Ben got most of the ceilings and walls painted, so we're feeling more comfortable all the time.  The walls are not as colorful as they were in our last house, although I have added a little here and there.  We hung one of our paintings in the dining room and what a difference!

I finished painting the kitchen yesterday.  I still have a lot of touch-up work to do on the cabinets, but otherwise it looks pretty good.

Once all the painting is finished, the baseboards will be installed.

We've both been working at clearing overgrown plants, with David doing an awesome job in the front area.  But it's a huge job, so we've hired a wonderful young man named Lupe to do a lot of the work,  He started in the front today.  He has removed the mugo pine, the rhododendrons in front of the picture window, the junipers along the driveway, and part of the front hedge.  Tomorrow he'll return to do the back yard.  We're taking it in stages, so we can evaluate along the way.  We're already rethinking removing the pine trees.  The nastiest project is removing ivy both front and back, and Lupe is attacking it with a vengeance.