Progress Report - Full Disclosure...

 When last we met, I was preparing the old guest room for a coat

of paint. This is the way it looked after the holes were repaired. Yes.

There were actually two different colored paints on the walls in here. 

The dark color on the window wall was used to cover HUGE colored flowers

that graced the wall when we first bought our home. Lucky for the little girl

who lived here before us, but not so lucky for the grandparents who moved

in and had to cover them. (Of course, that would have been the two of us!)

 This is how the room looked after the first coat of paint. I used Behr 

"Waterfall Mist" (Code #W-D 510). It looks silvery blue, but is a little

more blue-ish in the middle part of the day. I purchased color/primer

all-in-one, hoping that it would cover completely with one coat.

 Same room, opposite wall.

 I really like this image with the "artsy" ladder shadow play. It's not the

 shadow of the step stool you can see. Rather, the larger one out of frame.

 Tag kinda let the "cat" out of the bag about how chaotic the house

is these days. I can't believe ALL this stuff was in the studio...

 and that it's camping out all over the house now. This is the reason I'm

working so hard to get this project accomplished ASAP. What a mess!

 This is actually our second guest room. The futon Tag was complaining about is

under all that fabric and supplies. (See arrow?) Definitely no naps here these days!

 This is the other side of the same room. Oh, dear. I have so much to do!

 Handsome has been so patient. He just walks through the house,

shakes his head back and forth, says, "Donna Carole" and sighs.

I do believe he's a saint and I'm not ashamed to tell the world so.

 Turns out the room did need a second coat of paint, so I did that yesterday

 morning while Handsome drove to Sandy's Quilt Shop to pick up the five

  shelf units that started all this remodeling. You might notice that I've

 reinstalled the cleaned window blinds on the likewise, newly clean window.

I left the curtain rod in place so that I could hang all my beautiful acorn

ornaments on it. Many of these were gifts from blog friends, so they are

important to me. I'll show you more pictures of them after the room is finished.

 The second coat of paint dried by mid-day, so Handsome and I pulled out the

carpeting, padding and those pesky tack rails. (Those were a bear to remove!)

I managed to install five rows of the vinyl plank flooring before I had to quit for

 the day. (My knees were starting to protest, so I decided to listen.) I also found

 that this floor height doesn't match up to the height of the tile in the adjacent

 room and hallway, so I have to go choose a transition piece before I can proceed.

 I need to find out how that transition piece has to be installed before I do more.

 I'd like to crow about this flooring a bit, too. I'm really happy with the way

 it looks. There will be no apparent seams when it's all down, so I won't

have to worry about losing dropped pins or needles in any flooring cracks. 

That's critical for any craft studio. It's going to help keep my space clean, too.

The planks are so pliable, they bend when you take them out of the package.
Each piece is cut to size with a utility knife and the floor snaps together at joints.
There's no adhesive either, so it's easier to install than rolled flooring.

Finally, I think it looks pretty darn realistic, with a slight sheen. It will be easy to clean and last a long, long time. The plan is to get the rest of it installed today so I can start putting my new studio together - and then  reclaim the rest of our home by the weekend. What's today? Oh, yeah. 

"Julie, Julie, Julie!"

Should be downhill from here, right?