it’s been a very bittleston couple of weeks. misha and aja were visiting. (left) on thursday reirin picked leonora and evamarie up from the airport on their way home from panama; they stopped by for a short visit. (right) misha gets a big hug from leo.
on saturday i painted pink plaster weld on the long kitchen wall and sanded the cabinet doors and gave them another coat of paint. i can’t remember what mathew worked on that day… electrical stuff? but i did get photos of him as he discovered the joys of chipping paint off the kitchen wall. suddenly he understood why i couldn’t stop chipping away at the bedroom walls.
on sunday my parents came over to help. (left) my dad removed the wallpaper above the cabinets while my mom (right) painted primer on the wall and i painted pink plaster weld on another wall.
it’s been a while since we’ve all worked in one room together. mathew thought it was funny that my dad was telling jokes all day. (left) the long kitchen wall before plaster. (right) mathew begins the plaster.
(left) next my dad worked on removing the wall paper on the ceiling at the entrance to the kitchen. (right) my mom and i re-attached the cabinet doors then drilled holes for the new handles.
(left) mathew tried to get away with only one coat of plaster but realized there’s a reason for the two coats.
(left) later that night i applied plaster washers and mesh fiber tape were my dad had removed the wall paper, it is now ready for plaster. (right) the cabinets with their new handles.