More Paint Prep and "To-Go" Plan

OK, now, we're really, really actually going to paint tomorrow... seriously. Had another good day of prep. Ran out of tape, again, just before running out of steam. Have one window, the downstairs bathroom floor, and then the 4 "real" doors in the house (3rd floor, front door, back door, garage pedestrian door). And then the things that got walled over...

I find as you work through a room, you notice things missing only after being in that room for a while. The fireplace switches are MIA, the sconces in the living room - walled in - and the light in the 2nd to 3rd floor stairwell - gone. I'll try to fix that tomorrow... and try not to destroy the new walls in the process...

So tomorrow, trip to Lowes/Smithfield Hardware for tape/floor protectant and 10 more gallons of primer, and 15 gallons of ceiling white (did some math today; rather have and not need than need and not have), dremel in the missing things, and mask them along with the last window and 4 doors. Then paint.

Also tomorrow, the return of David... (I've opened the labor gap to 80 hours plus tomorrow - 373+ to 293)

I've been asked multiple times in the last few days how much is left - usually as if having the walls up means we're almost done. These are the remaining steps - sort of in order:

- Prime the entire house (~9,000 sq-ft of combined wall and ceiling)
- Paint the ceiling
- Install trim and caulk (no small chore!)
- Rebuild stairs to 3rd floor (will be carpeted)
- Drywall Crew to return to "Point Up"
- Install electrical receptacles (hope it all was re-wired correctly!)
- Build new "built-in" in family room
- Paint all walls
- Rebuild stairs to 2nd floor (will be hard-wood)
- Install light fixtures and fans
- solder valves to stubouts
- install cabinets
- rebuild drains install plumbing fixtures, and connect plumbing
- install downstairs toilet
- install tile in kids bath, kid's toilet
- install laundry room tile
- tile master bath
- install master bath toilet
- re-finish hardwood
- wallpaper downstairs bath and living room
- install carpeting
- move-in

So, really, I do still estimate about 8 weeks of this, which still puts us at move-in in September, pretty close to the original schedule (which I did put some thought into).

Anyway, it is still a releif to have the walls in, and I think the nasty part of the heat and hard labor is over - mostly detail now... keep the good thoughts coming!