Ryan and his Dad both had a 3 day weekend this weekend so they took advantage and went out to work on the house.  Alex and I joined them Friday night to Sunday afternoon to provide entertainment in the form of a 2 year old and so I could do a tiny amount of work while Alex napped or watched tv.

While we were gone, our neighbor has made some progress, the back stairway is now sanded and primed.  Also the ceiling over the front stairs was painted – ceilings done!

Back staircase

Sheetrock wise the only thing left is the back porch – Ryan’s dad installed the light box in there so that room is ready for sheetrock next!

Friday after getting some supplies, Ryan and his dad worked on the front entry trim.  The panels in the front entry were finished up on Saturday and all holes are filled and trim is caulked.  Ryan’s dad also painted the wall portion so all that is left is to paint the trim (considering hiring a painter to just paint all trim and doors when we are done).

This is with only 1 coat of paint but after we left Sunday Ryan’s dad finished all second coats of paint on the brown

Towards the front door

Coming soon.. panels up the stairs

Upstairs Ryan got the attic door installed, and trimmed out doors and windows wherever he could.  He made up the sills for most of the rest of the windows and I hear got the master bedroom windows sills installed!  Our neighbor stripped some rosettes for us too so we were able to trim out a few things completely and not do just the sides 🙂

Top of stairs – that’s the nursery and the archway – with trim finished!

The window at the top of the stairs trimmed – and that’s the stairway all painted (even cut in) thanks to Ryan’s dad! (We’ll have chair rail and panels up here too)

The hallway – closet and bathroom doors trimmed out and hallway painted!

Washer/dryer spot painted!

Back bedroom door trimmed out and attic door getting installed (and then trimmed).

My contributions were minor, I caulked the trim in the front  hallway and played with the toddler.   I can’t wait to go back and see the progress next weekend!  Pretty soon Ryan and I will do another kid free weekend and I’m hoping to get a bunch of electrical done then.  Progress everywhere.  Pretty soon we’ll be starting on the master bathroom, we just need the rough-in plumbing finished so we can get inspections before we close up walls and start tiling!