4.13.2018

Things are really looking amazing in the apartment and continue to get better!  I didn't get pictures yesterday but Jim did the final ceiling painting in 5 different areas...master bedroom nook (below), stairwell, laundry room, and the eating nook in the kitchen!

 

 

He continues to work on electric too - these are some dedicated boxes in the kitchen - the microwave receptacle at the top and the TV cable box.  He also got all of the receptacles done in the master bedroom! 

 

Jim worked extra hard this morning trying to get as much done as he could.  He got the second bedroom ceiling all primed...

And did some more priming in the bathroom.

But then he had to get everything ready for the big job today - texturing the kitchen and hallway areas!  This is a big area with a lot of complicated corners and angles to work around.  Jim got plent of plaster all mixed up.  Then he had to take down all the lights in the kitchen...

Then it was time to start!

The first stomping of the edges...

Doing the edging...

We had to do this little area first and then pushed the stove back so we would have room to work in the rest of the room.

We continued to have good teamwork - Jim rolled the plaster on and stomped the edges, then edged, then I took over the stomping while he started in a new area.

We have to keep an eye on the timing so that Jim can go back at the right time to lay down the pattern.

While other areas continued to firm up, we continued working around into the hallway...

At this point, Jim was able to lay down all the rest of the main kitchen ceiling...

Working down the hallway...

Rolling on the plaster in the last section of the hallway!

 

Laying down the pattern in the hallway...

 

Hard to tell in pictures because everything is still wet but the kitchen ceiling looks amazing!

 



As does the hallway...

Unfortunately, after you're all done and all you want to do is go home and stop looking up (Jim's poor neck!), there's lots of cleanup work involved with plaster.  But coming home felt extra good today with this big accomplishment in the books!

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