The house painting is coming along quite nicely. The sunroom is now nearly complete, just some detail touch-up around the massive windows. Last Sunday Jules and I struggled through painting the stairwell, which was easily the worst painting experience I’ve had thus far. The space is tall and narrow and there was little room for us to maneuver around each other with the super long extension handles. We also nearly ran out of paint as we had only bought a single gallon. I haven’t done the borders or touchups yet so it looks a bit unfinished but we’re mostly happy with it considering how tricky it was. I’m really hoping to have the painting complete by the time the guys come visit in mid-June. Should be doable.

We made a trip to Ikea to get a few things for the new space, including some lucky bamboo plants, a new green futon cover, and bookshelf for the sunroom, and a lowboy dresser for the bedroom. Quite happy with the purchases, and they were not very expensive. Plus, they ALL fit in the car! Go hatchback.

I spent part of the afternoon on Saturday pulling up weeds and moss from the pavers in the backyard (got about 1/6 done, hoping to get the rest done this week), then we brought out the patio furniture and set it up next to the gardens (which are coming along very nicely!) We had a lovely outdoors dinner of grilled chicken wings and fries and enjoyed the perfect weather. It was so beautiful and peaceful despite the sounds of the firemen working out in the firehouse 2 buildings down. (They sure love to shout.)

Absolutely love living here!