As The Dust Settles

As if we haven't painted enough in the new house, we decided to take on the garage last weekend before we got the last of our things that were stored at my grandma's place. It was partially drywalled, and we (translation, mostly my hubby!) decided to smooth out the seams and paint. After 3 coats of mud it was ready to sand. Man, is that messy! There was so much dust in the air that it was ridiculous. Thank goodness it was outside!! As always, X was there to lend a hand. Since his new favorite thing to do is play with a broom, we put him on clean up duty.

Hard at work -- what seemed like a fairly small area quickly felt quite large when you start to sand all those spots!

I think X was upset realizing that he'd just walked under the ladder -- you know, cause of the bad luck and all!

My little multitasker! Cart and broom at the same time.

Warning -- do not attempt this project if you don't want to be covered in a cloud of white dust.

As things got a little thick in the back of the garage we had to move X's toys to the safety of the driveway. Here's his little parking lot. When did he get so much stuff?

By the end of the weekend the garage looked beautiful with it's fresh coat of paint. There is still a bunch of junk in there that needs to go on shelves, so I'll reserve my "finished product" pictures for ya know, when it's actually FINISHED!