RenovateKC

We started painting yesterday, and it felt great. Our work up until this point has largely been destructive, and this was the first weekend where we ended by making things "right" again. We are painting one scaffold width at a time since it takes a bit of effort to move the scaffolding. The scaffold deserves a post all to itself, so I'll write more about that later. For the curious, we are using Pratt & Lambert flat exterior paints. The trim is Woodgate and the primary color is Dried Moss.

We didn't work on the house very much during the week, but Joe, a friend from my days with Honeywell, stopped by on Thursday with his angle grinder to take care of a chain and padlock that kept the back gate locked. It was a 5 minute job, but he got to spent 20 minutes freaking out over the state of the house wiring. He also confirmed that fitting a full size pickup truck through the gate on a daily basis could get tiring.

We spent two full days at the house this weekend, and we were visited by Uncle Tim on both days. He helped us scrape and prime on day one, and then he helped us scrape and paint on day two. He brought Grandma along on Sunday, and she did a fantastic job of cleaning the grime off the walls in our hallway. I swear, the previous owner didn't believe in the benefits of hand washing - dirt is caked on to the walls, especially around light switches. As Uncle Tim and Grandma were arriving on Sunday, Dad was just leaving. He was tired of watching the Chiefs screw up, and it was only the 1st quarter.

All this time, Kate was going to town on the windows with a combination of the Silent Paint Remover, a borrowed heat gun, putty knives, and a random orbit sander. I think she really started to like the sander by the time the weekend was over.

We will move the scaffold some time this week and start over on the next section.