Gotta get down on Monday.

Today marks Day 1 of our crazy-home-renovation-and-really-quick-move-fest. Ben put in some major time priming the walls:

...and he's still smiling!

It's pretty amazing what a coat of paint will do. The house is already looking a million times better. Pretty sure the favorite activity of the previous tenants was throwing coffee at the wall. 

All I'm saying: there are some pretty weird stains all over the walls. 

Part of this painting-extravaganza is picking the perfect color of paint:

Sweet Ariel? Alright.

They got Sweet Ariel from this?

We picked this color because it's very close to white, but has a bluish-gray tint to it. Hard to tell from the picture, but it's pretty.  

Next stop on this quick-reno was the laundry area. The tile I chose finally came in the mail.

Just wait until this is finished. It will be the prettiest laundry area you have ever seen.

A couple weeks ago, I found this light:

Disco ball gorgeous.

I thought this light was awesome, but I secretly wished that the chrome-y parts were more brass-y.

Today, I walked in the bathroom and saw this:

Uh, thank you lighting gods! After a little bit of cleaning and elbow grease, this will be the most perfect light to replace this nonsense:

It's just scary looking at it...

Things are going pretty quickly so far, and not too tiring. This week we're trying to finish priming and painting the whole place (including the ceiling...), getting the laundry room tiled, and moving in a bulk of the apartment. Oh, and on Tuesday we're picking out the new flooring. Optimistic? Probably.