Following last weeks sheetrock installation, plasterers were at Independence this week, working around the holidays – and now I think the house is ready for painting. Unexpectedly, the skim coat is not so much a “coat” as a “splatter”! So the camera pictures look like there’s no coating at all, but in close-up, you can see the splatter finish on the ceilings and walls:
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If a good paint job follows, then I think the walls will look fine. We checked out another Brandywine nearby, started much later than ours but now further ahead, and the painted walls looked ok (though the standard-throughout-the-world-Magnolia finish is hardly thrilling!). That house also has most of the electrical fixtures, so we’ve got a preview of them too …
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