So we have begun the dreaded painting of the upstairs hall and stairwell. We painted the ceiling on Saturday. Normally painting ceilings isn't too big a deal, but these took a little more prep work than the others. We needed to get up above the stairs somehow, so I made a platform that we could then put our ladder on. I used a bunch of 2x4s and plywood I had lying around to make it. It's very stable (and heavy), so I didn't feel too worried about supporting myself and a ladder on it. Worked pretty well, if I do say so myself. Even the cats liked it.
It wasn't too hard to get the ceiling done since Leslie could get both sides of the hall from the top of the stepladder without moving it. We managed to get both coats done in the same day.
The next day we were able to put up new light fixtures. Previously there had just been two cheap little fixtures that didn't give a lot of light. We put in new two-bulb fixtures that look a lot nicer and brighten it up a lot. We picked up these lights, along with fixtures for the bedrooms (as per our goal of adding lights to the bedrooms this year), at the Menards 11% rebate promotion. We got all six lights for a good price and will be getting back a nice amount, which I'm sure will be going towards the next project.
Now that we're done with this step it'll be time to do the walls soon. Leslie already has a colour in mind, so we'll just have to find a little more free time to go get the paint and get started - hopefully sometime in the next few weeks. We're making progress, people!
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