It’s been a few weeks since I posted progress from the house so we have a few updates.  On top of that fact, my in-laws came out this weekend and extra progress was made with their help!

Let’s start with the Diningroom!  Our contractor has finished up the beams/boxes for the cofferred ceiling and they look great!  They will have crown installed around the inside of each box and it will all be painted white.  But for now here they stand:

This is the kitchen side, so the ceiling isn’t sheetrocked (leaving plumbing exposed)

The front of the room!

This past weekend Ryan installed the window trim on the diningroom windows, he had 2 sills he made along with the livingroom windows so he just had to make the big sill and install the trim.  I stripped rosettes for the windows on Saturday during naptime as well!

Windows trimmed out!

Ryan’s dad did some painting for us, more specifically priming but it’s great.  The cupola in the livingroom is now primed!

Primed!

And then he moved on to finish up the sections off the kitchen that have been un-primed for almost a year now 🙂  That’s tinted primer, so the walls are tinted green and the ceiling is an off-white.  Just needs a coat of paint now!

Back hallway is primed now

Small hallway by the bathroom is primed!

Our contractor has been working on the knee walls since he finished up the ceiling boxes.  First he installed these caps of oak which we will stain to match the floor (which will get stained when it’s refinished).  Then he installed the columns and wrapped them with wood.  We are going to put quarter-round in the corners to match our porch posts and then some decorative trim around the top and bottom most  likely.

Columns!

Another view so you can see a column and a ‘half’ column up against the wall.

And I’ve been getting paint onto the bathroom door, so far one coat on each side is done and both are sanded and ready for coat 2!

One coat of paint on door

I’m on the hunt for door knobs and once this door is done I have a line of doors ready to be painted (prepped and painted), from the linen closet doors, basement door and all the doors we had stripped/dipped.  I need a better painting station though, the upstairs area I’m using has no light and only a small window.  I think if I move my setup downstairs I’ll paint more often and only being able to do a side at a time makes painting doors slow work.