This weekend was full of progress on various things.  Friday our neighbor taped the diningroom (the part we can tape) and our contractor started on the cofferred ceiling boxes.  On Saturday they both were installing the boxes and we have the sides on for most of the boxes (just the bump out part is left).  This friday the plan is to finish up the front section and start on the bases of the boxes.

A view from the kitchen

Same thing from the livingroom.

My project this weekend was to get the crown molding in the kitchen primed and then painted.  It needs one more coat of paint but I got the initial coat on and the ceiling and wall touchups done.  So one more coat and we can install the crown on top of the cabinets finally.  While doing the crown, I primed the trim on the 2 doorways in the back hallway and I got a coat of paint on the window (so that needs just one more coat to be done now too).  Coming along!

Crown with a coat of paint!

And another section

I also got the bathroom door sanded and primed, so now that needs 2 coats of paint and we can have privacy in our upstairs bathroom 🙂

Ryan worked on the front livingroom, first he finished up the trim on all the windows, they look great!

Windows all have trim now!

Next he framed out the archway to the front hall and started trimming that out.  We’re back to the point of needing to strip some rosettes 🙂  And to do the other side of the arch we need to get some matching trim made so that’s on the list.

Archway – first he framed it in narrower so the switches don’t interfere with trim, then he lined the inside with poplar and installed the first parts of the trim!

Finally he got started getting the plinth blocks installed so the baseboards can go in next.  After baseboards it’s crown molding and wainscoting (shadow box style).  There is a lot of finish work in this room but it will hopefully look great!

My focus is to finish the painting in the kitchen and the bit of baseboard installation (caps and quarter round) in there, then i’ll start the livingroom painting work (by then the trim should be installed and ready).  So that should work out well!  The diningroom won’t go too much further because we are leaving 1/2 the ceiling exposed for plumbing purposes but I do hope to do the exterior wall (install window trim) and maybe get that part painted at least?  Fun stuff!