This past weekend (3 days, Labor Day included) we had painters working, working, working.  Between Yaya and Toby there are 11 different colors going on the walls and ceilings!  Below are some pictures of the loft and loft stairwell.

This blue looks not too much different from the original purple of the drywall.  Did we really need the paint?  Compare below:

The color on the loft walls is a different blue than the color on the stairwell walls.

The drywallers have finished.  They put on a great ‘smooth coat’.  We are prepping for paint next weekend.  The tile continues to be installed.  There was some question early on about 12″ tiles on the ceiling.  We decided to go with the 6″ tiles on the ceiling so that we have less of a chance of them falling down on us.

There have been full crews here for many days this week.

This past weekend, Kevin S. came up to put up crown molding and baseboards.  He is a genius with the saw!  We got up all but 2 walls of crown molding, and he figured out some tricky spots.

Monday had the drywallers and a tile crew here.  The skim coat is on the loft walls.  No more purple.

Compare to :

And the tile guys are working on the shower.  Lots of shelves to store shower stuff.