For the last two years, we have been working on projects that would make our new home into the hacienda that we had envisioned when we first saw the house in March, 2006.
During the first year, I painted the entire upstairs rooms and five of the rooms downstairs. Because all the walls were made of cement block and were painted anticeptic white, the house felt and looked like a fortress. It certainly didn't reflect warmth and and the feeling of a home. I knew that I wanted the front rooms to be inviting as well as comfortable, like the rooms of a colonial Texas hacienda. That meant we had our work cut out for us!
When Matt and Jen came down, Jen and I went to Home Depot and bought our supplies. Jennifer textured the walls of the dining room and started the living room while I painted the study and started the dining room. Matt then took over and textured the rest of the living room and continued past the front door while Jen and I began painting the living room with the three colors I had selected. I finally finished texturing and painting the breakfast room and the kitchen at 3 a.m. on July 8, 2007, approximately one year after we had moved in. I was determined to be finished before the rain-delayed choir/Rusty Steins 4th of July celebration at our house set for that afternoon--approximately 10 hours after the final room had been transformed from cold white to warm hues of yellows and reds. It only took 160 pounds of joint compound and several gallons of paint!
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