Progress Report: Ikon Away The Tuscan

Hey y'all! First as well as foremost, give thank you you thence much for beingness thence form most the new house tour inwards my final post. I know it's a total mess as well as actually dated, but it was such a relief to know that you guys 'got it', (and if you didn't read the draw of piece of occupation solid tour, you're prob non going to empathize why I dear this draw of piece of occupation solid based off this novel post, thence exactly endure form as well as rewind.). So, anyway, these are trying times as well as you guys are the best.

And instantly it's fourth dimension for a progress report!

In the past times brace weeks since we've unopen as well as moved in, we've been trying to interview as well as organize a bunch of different contractors, as well as and thence schedule everyone inwards the right order. Essentially, the amend nosotros practice this, the less fourth dimension nosotros convey to alive without a kitchen, as well as flooring, as well as exactly full general inner peace, thence you know...I've been making this pace a priority.

We are kicking things off side past times side calendar week alongside the drywall piece of occupation (like removing popcorn ceilings, removing beams, as well as edifice the 2 doors that this draw of piece of occupation solid is exactly randomly missing). And as well as thence at the cease of the calendar month the kitchen gets demoed, as well as thence flooring gets finished mid-september, as well as thence the kitchen gets rebuilt. It's oh thence exciting, as well as I'm 100% certain that I'm going to lose my hear at to the lowest degree twice inwards the process. 
I'll update you throughout all of it, equally it happens.

But, piece we've essentially been organizing the renovation over the past times 2 weeks, I've also been doing a lot of piece of occupation on my ain each black after Ava goes to bed. While nosotros are hiring out a lot of the large projects on this house, at that topographic point are all the same tons of things that Jesse as well as I are going to endure tackling on our own, because it frees upward coin for other projects that I practice non desire to practice (like pulling upward Canis familiaris pee rug inwards the basement)...you understand.

So, anyway, let's instruct started. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 earlier flick of the living room/dining room:

And after! 

First disclaimer: I convey to motility all this crap dorsum out inwards a affair of weeks thence that they tin practice the floors, thence this is only a temporary setup of the bare minimum of items, basically thence I tin comfortably chase my infant or thence as well as spotter Stranger Things.

Second disclaimer: There's a basketball game inwards my living room. I'm cool alongside it.

Anyway, I painted the walls Benjamin Moore Simply White as well as the ceiling crown molding Ultra White. The wainscotting as well as flooring cut down are beingness replaced, thence I exactly left them alone. I convey yet to pigment the ceiling, thence it looks a picayune darker, because it is. I volition hopefully pigment that this week...it's a existent beast, thence I've been procrastinating.

The walls all had that sugariness Tuscan texture to them, which I'm pretty certain was exactly sponged on, thence I exactly sanded i picayune expanse at a time, earlier I painted, as well as quietly cried to myself most how awful life was. Kidding, but similar non inwards that moment.

I volition eventually rework the slice of furniture inwards hither (not certain what, but let's worry most that later), as well as volition wall mountain the tv, add together some fine art as well as some window coverings, as well as manifestly pigment the ceiling as well as redo the floors. So much orange. 

Here's some other earlier shot. So, that weird coat cupboard past times the front end door? That's getting demoed inwards the side past times side brace of weeks. It exactly drives me crazy as well as I desire it gone. I don't aid most storage, it exactly needs to move out of here.

I also painted the stair rails, to a greater extent than on that inwards a minute.

So, yeah, imagine the awkward coat cupboard gone as well as beefier wainscotting inwards the dining room (The electrical flow stuff is exactly painted on the wall as well as doesn't practice it for me.).

I painted the front end door Sherwin Williams Urbane Bronze. I all the same convey to switch out the hardware, but it's a start. The door coloring is a picayune combat softer inwards person...my crappy photographic tv set camera makes everything await harsher, except my face...that 2009 sony cybershot flash is where it's at.

The yellowish walls as well as bronze chandelier inwards the dining room were driving me crazy.

So, I painted all of the walls white as well as Jesse took the chandelier down.

He hung the i nosotros had inwards the one-time house. I don't recollect it plant equally good inwards this draw of piece of occupation solid though, thence I'm on the hunt for something that I similar amend inwards there. But, for now, I'm leaving it hung because it's the only lite nosotros convey inwards this entire expanse (fail), as well as it's amend than the Tuscan candelabra.

So, these stair rails. Most dull project. Remember how I tried to spray the ones inwards the final draw of piece of occupation solid as well as it was the project that nearly killed me? 

Well, circular two. It took me 3 nights to complete this. Just thence so dull trying non to instruct whatever pigment on the Fe balusters. I recollect I stomped my pes at i betoken inwards frustration. Like past times myself, having some wine, listening to a podcast, as well as stomping my foot. That should amount it upward for you.

But, expert news, it looks thence much amend now. Everything looks kinda off because there's orangish floors, as well as an orangish kitchen, as well as carpeted stairs, but if you squint actually difficult as well as imagine expert things happening everywhere, you tin kinda run across what I'm going for.

And similar maybe exactly pretend at that topographic point aren't infant gates all over my house. You guys, it's a phase, as well as it must endure embraced. 

As for the flooring situation, I had a lot of comments on Instagram most this subject. We pose a lot of thought into what nosotros wanted to do. We considered exactly refinishing the master copy flooring, but it currently only goes through the living as well as dining room, thence nosotros would exactly endure running these 2 inch planks throughout the balance of the draw of piece of occupation solid to match, as well as and thence getting everything finished on site. And frankly, I don't dear the 2 inch planks, as well as also I've lived through an on-site hardwood complete as well as it was a existent pain. But, nosotros wanted to endure thorough, as well as I figured if it was going to salvage us tons of money, perchance I would visit it. So, nosotros got a quote for refinishing the existing hardwoods addition running them throughout, as well as it was non actually all that much cheaper than exactly gutting what was at that topographic point as well as installing prefinished broad plank flooring throughout. I mean, budget-wise, it likely agency I'm going to convey to DIY i of our bathrooms at some point, but I'll likely cease upward DIYing all 3 if we're beingness honest, thence I exactly figured, I should become alongside my gut as well as instruct what nosotros want.

So, that beingness said, Ava has been helping me stare at flooring samples all week.

My electrical flow fave is the i on the far right, but I honestly recollect whatever of them would endure beautiful.

In other news, Ava went to her outset thrift shop this week. She constitute a hat. 

And I constitute rose gilt spray pigment at JoAnn's stuff store. Some of you asked me on IG where it was from, thence instantly ya know. I convey no thought what I'm going to piece of occupation it on, but I couldn't overstep it up, thence I'll figure out the details later.

So, that's all for today, y'all. Thanks for beingness hither as well as thank you for beingness excited most the crap I painted inwards my living room. 
I hateful it.


P.S. You tin banking firm check out my cut down icon tutorial here as well as my wall icon tutorial here. They're slow as well as they help. Promise.

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