Jesse Coulter

My vacation officially begins today, and it will consist of painting, painting and more painting.  I took off Wednesday through Friday to paint as much as possible in our house, and Alex will be joining me on Thursday. I'm taking Turner to my parent's house tonight, and we'll be picking him up on Sunday.  Painting really does suck, but I love the finished product.  My co-workers ask why I would use vacation days to paint my house, and I say, "Why Not?!" Alex and I can't afford to go on a big vacation, so we usually take a 3 day weekend and go to the beach.  This will be a great vacation for me, seeing my house projects get completed so I can finally decorate, and spending quality time with Alex baby less (love you Turner, but you're a lot to handle sometimes).

Here are few pictures of our first round of painting when we moved in to our home.  First task was to paint the entire kitchen.  Before and after pictures to come soon. To date we've painted;

• Kitchen: Cabinets, Walls, Trim 
• Laundry room: Cabinets, Walls, Trim, Pantry Door 
• Living room: Walls, Trim, Built in Shelves & Cabinet doors
• Hallway: Cabinets, Closet, Trim, Doors 

These next 4 days my goal is to paint;

• 2 Guest Bedroom Walls, Closets, Doors and Trim
• Guest Bathroom Walls, Trim, Door and Cabinets

We bought a house! Whoo hoo! Alex and I couldn't sit still on Thursday at work as we waited to sign the many dotted lines to purchase our first home.   Thank you Stephanie & Lauren from Lauren Powell Realty for helping us along the way!

Friday, we began our remodeling adventure. Every single piece of wood and trim in the house is brown, and I'm a fan of white. Soooo, we have embarked on painting EVERYTHING that is brown, white. What were we thinking? Thankfully, Alex's dad and my mom helped us for 3 days as we worked on our first project, the kitchen. I'll post before and after pics once we're finished.  Currently I've got what feels like a gazillion cabinet doors hanging from ladders and boards in my living room.  Thankfully, we have 1 week till we move in to get as much done as possible.  Alex's Grandma watched Turner all weekend, which was amazing so we could have all day to paint.  My in-laws actually took Turner back with them to their home town to watch him for the week so we could have every night to tackle as many rooms as possible.  We are so thankful, but I am already missing Mr. T.

After 4 days of painting from 9am-11pm, we are exhausted.  I dream of painting every night, and I have white latex paint on every limb of my body.  All in all, our Labor day weekend was fantastic.  Hard work, but fun embarking on a new family adventure.  I can only imagine the wonderful memories we will create in that house.

A BEFORE picture, notice the smiling and clean shirt

Alex in his element.  He has been waiting for so long to have his own yard to mow,  and he was able to move all his tools in to his very own garage.