Living room reno, mudding in full swing

I knew that today wasn't going to be very dramatic as far as the update, and I don't think tomorrow is going to be either.  But I started this journey and I must finish it!  I am rarely so compulsive about this sort of thing that it is a bit tedious now- but I will complete it!

I returned home tonight to definite different smells of all things- smells very "painty" in here, but I know it is the mud.  The place is looking good and I know that coming next is the last layer of this stuff and then sanding.....  if it wasn't dusty before (which it was) it will be now. Then I believe there is primer and Thursday (holy smokes, that is tomorrow) the electrician is coming.  

Meanwhile outside the house, winter has a stranglehold on northern WI and no one here is particularly amused by it......  the words I said as I walked to the horse barn yesterday through all that snow would have made a teenager blush.

Anyway, here is the mudding update!  Greg Oswald, I hope you are reading this!! 

Front room angle

Kitchen angle

Hallway angle- arch

Hallway angle

window angle- ceiling

Window angle

So you know what I think of when I see this last one?  I have to get new garbage and recycling bins with covers for when the dogs come.......  certainly a more aesthetically pleasing thing can be found.  Ah yes, this is going to cause a lot of purchases, I can tell.

So until next time, which we all know will be tomorrow, be a joy giver!!

Livingroom Reno update- um what number is this??

PROGRESS!!!!!  The taping and mudding has begun.  Am I starting to see the end in sight????  Well YES I AM!!! 

I am in LOVE with this arch- I can't tell you how much pleasure this is giving me.  It is going to be like my bathroom- I will enjoy it every single time I go through there for a long time.  My visual world rules my senses and I do mean it, I note to myself every time I look at my tile floor in the bathroom or take a shower how much I love the tile.  And I do that every time I see a pic of or look at my archway.  I feel the love!!  :) I don't get to look at it very often as I am exiled to the front room where I am scrunched in between a wall and a half of a couch.

Front room angle

The MA and I (together for heavens sakes) have arrived at a paint color for the living room, it is going to be in the warm gold tones, using the wood floor, which we sanded a little bit of and saw color like you won't believe, as a mid tone, and one wall and the ceiling will be lighter and the other 3 walls, darker.  I am super excited!  The FLOOR, you guys, is beyond my wildest expectations!!!  It has tones of gold and even a bit of a reddish look- at least from a preliminary sanding.  We are thinking it is maple!

Anyway, I have to move along here, so here are my shots of the room, I don't know how different it will look tonight, as it is another layer of mud - so we shall see I guess!!  It seems like the electrician will be here on Thursday to hook up the outlets and the CEILING FAN AND LIGHT!!!!  WA-HOOOOOO!!!

Front room angle

Kitchen angle

Kitchen angle, right

Kitchen angle, left

Hallway angle

hallway angle, far right

Hallway angle, ceiling

Window angle- arch

It is the little things that lead to a whole lot of joy!!