Manoj, magnetic and magic eraser paint

Manoj shows me how to paint! I'm a bit embarrassed to admit but I've never painted a room before.
It's a lot of fun but I think I prefer to use the brush then the roller! The roller was hard work trying to get a even coat of white eraser paint on top of the black magnetic paint.
Manoj has spent the whole day doing the selected desk areas in the boys bedrooms, Kamal's office, my kitchen desk, the back mudroom and garage.
I disappeared here and there to take the boys to the dentist, cook dinner and of course the quick home depot run.

Magnetic walls

Manoj has been slaving away yesterday and today painting the boys bedroom desk walls, Kamals office and desk area in kitchen with this paint that can let u use magnets to hold up paper!

Red and yellow and.......

It's time to pick colors for the white walls that we have had for many months now. As many of you know we like color and our Longview house had an array of colors.
The boys have had a chance to pick their own colors this time and Nesh has decided to go the yellow route! Riki has been quite surprising and gone for a dynamic color combo! Check it out for the sample below. Kris pulled my leg for a while with his color choice and now has left it to Kamal and I. It may be bright pink!
The carpenters finish framing the doors
in the back mudroom now that the floor has been tiled.
This past weekend they finished doing the trim work in the upstairs hallway and stairs! It reminds me of England. I love the paneling.
My dear husband also put on his tiler hat! He tiled the Hallway bathroom floor all by himself as I picked out the tiles to be placed. I have to admit I was very skeptical but Kamal did a good job.... for a beginner!!! It is incredibly hard work and I'm impressed he got most of it done on Sat and completed it on Sunday with help from Nesh.
This week Riki and Neshs rooms are complete with moldings and should be painted by this weekend.
Our master bedroom would have been complete had we not run out of molding material.
Today I just heard that Manoj is flying over on Sat from London to lend a hand! I'm looking forward to another pair of hands to help.
This evening the electrician started putting the 2rd floor ceiling light trims in!

Good Friday! Good boys!

It's Good Friday and Kris and Nesh are being "good" helpers!
They have sanded the window frames, Nesh is sanding the master bedroom wall while Kris is priming where the wall meets the ceiling.
So Andy is the boys instructor! He was a high school wrestler and tall enough to reach the 8' ceilings!
Keith and Joe are back to check the humidification system that is connected to the heating and cooling vents. Kamal came the other day to check the house and thought the dining room vent was on fire! Fortunately it was just steam!
Wow! John, a 25 year veteran of dumpster trucking just very expertly loaded the dumpster we had on his truck. This had most of the cut up sheetrock, bits of wiring, old driveway, wooden pallets, bamboo floor scraps and other construction garbage! When the wood trim work is complete we may have a need for maybe a little dumpster but this is it for now. Oh how the neighbors and I will be happy-
Another step closer to moving in!
Yes! We are moving in at the end of the month!

Painting

Today we are having the walls prepped and the ceiling primed.
We got the moldings delivered for the 2 rd floor rooms and I'm waiting for the stove to be delivered that was suppose to arrive yesterday.
I called the dumpster people and am going around the house trying to throw out any garbage that the workers have left behind.
Now I need to water the grass seed if we are every going to see a green lawn.

Back mudroom tiles

Oleg is here this morning and started on the back mudroom tiles. The tiles are quarry and very functional- so I had to add a little bling! We've used some of our left over black 1x1 squares from guest bath and some marble from the master bath as accents. I guess it breaks it up a bit.
I trying to get the left side of the driveway raked and de- stoned to plant grass there. There are these twigs sticking out with buds along the property line but I have no clue what they are. I'll keep them and see what they are.

Boys plant our first tree!

So today I picked up another tile for the back mudroom as the slate we got was not all square. I got my work out unloading them- all the boys were at school! I didn't want to overload Maggie and drive around all day with the tiles-( Maggie is my cars name for those u of u who don't know).
I also went to pick up molding sample for 2 rd floor.
Finally at 5 pm I got all three boys to come to the house to help me plant the Montgomery Cherry tree ( anyone for cherry pie?) and some perennials in the garden. Krishan initially complained more and somehow wounded himself so as usual Rik ended up doing a lot. Finally Kris found the pick axe and we couldn't stop him after that! He wanted to destroy- oops! I mean, dig holes everywhere even where I didn't want them. He seemed to use up all his energy and then it was peaceful. Nesh did a good job covering the cherry tree with soil and then helped do something indoors for Kamal.