We're going to paint the town red! On second thought let's paint our house instead.

After the drywall went up it was time to paint. With the help of Kevin's dad and his dad's friend Larry we set to work on priming and painting all the walls and ceilings. I don't think any of us really knew  just how much painting that would be! Below are pictures with just primer and then with the colors we picked out.

This is the left side of the kitchen.

Here's the main part of the kitchen.

Here's the living room and hallway.

Living room and staircase.

This is the laundry room and the doorway into the master bathroom.

Master bedroom.

Heading up the stairs. This is where one of our built-in bookcases will be.

The upstairs office area.

The rear of the office area.

Upstairs bedroom.

Upstairs bathroom.

We chose a beautiful light blue for the kitchen.

The main part of the kitchen in blue.

I love this color!

Wepainted the living room and hallway green.

Another picture of the living room.

The laundry room is also green.

The master bedroom is a light gray.

We decided to go with a neutral beige-ish color for the upstairs. Here's the office area.

Here's the rear of the office area.

This is the second bedroom.

Here's the front of the second bedroom.

This is the upstairs bathroom painted gray. You'll have to wait to see the master bathroom since we were also tiling the shower at this time :)

  

 

Next we had to prime and paint all of the trim and interior doors. Stay tuned for more pictures! After all of this I don't think any of us want to pick up a paint brush again for a while!

What a difference some drywall makes!

The drywall is up! I've never had the pleasure of hanging drywall but from what Kevin has told me from his personal experience it's a real pain in the ass. So naturally the best part about our drywall is we didn't have to do it ourselves! Now you can really see what each room will look it now that the walls and ceilings are defined :)

Here is our living room looking at the staircase and the hallway.

This is the left side of the kitchen where our table will be.

Here is the right side of the kitchen where all of our cabinets and appliances will be.

Another view of our kitchen.

Here is the laundry room and the back door.

This is the view from the laundry room. The master bathroom is through the doorway to the left, our little hall closet is in the center and on the right you can see the hall to the master bedroom.

Here's a view of the master bathroom. Here you can see the drywall is a green color. Greenboard a type of drywall that is water resistant. It should always be used in bathrooms, basements and basically anywhere where the walls might be subjected to damp conditions or humidity.

This is part of the master bedroom and the walk-in closet.

Another shot from inside the master bedroom.

Here is the hallway into the living room.

Here is the staircase upstairs.

This is our office area.

Here's the other side of our office area. You can see the furnace to the left.

Here is the view from our office towards the upstairs bathroom and second bedroom.

This is the upstairs full bath. Here you can see we used Durock cement board around the shower area here and in the master bathroom shower. It's water-durable and mold-resistant and should always be used under tile on the bathroom walls.

This is the second bedroom.

Here's the closet and utility closet in the second bedroom.

Here you can see the ERV which will have a little door in front of it and you can see out the bedroom door towards the office.

This is the front of the second bedroom.

Here is the top of the staircase. What's the next thing on our list? It's time to paint!

Close encounters... of the spray foam kind.

When it was time for us to insulate our house we decided to go with the relatively newer technique of spray foam insulation instead of batted (pink fiberglass) insulation. There were several reasons for this decision. Spray foam has the same R-value per inch as pink fiber glass. The difference between the two is air infiltration. Air will move through fiberglass insulation, carrying with it hot or cold air molecules that will leak into your house. Spray foam on the other hand does not allow air infiltration and creates a complete thermal barrier between the inside and outside of the house.

This is a picture of the trailer the company showed up with. They had their own generator which was a plus for us since at the time we did not have enough power in the house to run the equipment needed. The insulation is a two part mix, each in separate 55 gallon drums in the trailer. They are pumped separately through the hose you see here and mixed together at the spray nozzle.

This is the nozzle that's used to spray the foam.

The installer was dressed like he was from outer space. He had to wear protective gear while spraying the foam. Here he is in a head to toe suit and a self contained breathing apparatus. The fumes from the foam were pretty strong and we were advised to stay out of the house as much as possible since we were not protected.

Starting at the bottom while moving the nozzle in a back and forth motion the foam was sprayed into each joist bay. In a matter of seconds the foam began to expand until it covered the entire area.

It is somewhat difficult to control how much the foam expands so he had to go back over certain areas until it reached the correct depth.

Once the foam was dry, the excess was sawed off flush to the joists to ensure that drywall can be hung properly. You're supposed to use a long fine tooth saw blade that bridges between the joists but this guy decided to use an old hand saw. Needless to say we had them redo some sections of the house because the hand saw cut away too much foam, leaving voids where foam should be.

Here is the front of the house upstairs with all the roof joists complete. This stuff makes quite a mess!

Once all the electrical work was done the insulation company came back to spray foam all the exterior walls. After they were done Kevin spray painted the sections that required additional insulation because of the way it was trimmed. We were not too pleased that they also managed to cut several of our electrical wires while trimming the foam.

Kevin had to remove some of the foam and re-pull the wires all the way back to the electrical panel.

The next several pictures are different rooms around the house. This is the master bedroom.

Here is the bedroom upstairs. 

This is the other side of the upstairs bedroom.

The living room.

The master bathroom.

The office upstairs.

We also added some fiberglass insulation on a few interior walls. We did this to keep normal household noise out of the bedroom in case someone was sleeping. This is the wall that separates the master bedroom/walk-in closet from the master bathroom.

Here is the wall separating the master bedroom from the living room. All-in-all we are very pleased with our decision to go with the spray foam insulation. It was really neat to watch it being installed and it's a great product.  Unfortunately we are not very pleased with the way the installation went the second time but like most things... se la vie. We're one step closer to being finished!