Paint... check!

The painting is complete!  On Tuesday, Steve Fisher and Dale painted the alley building.  Twenty five gallons in one day.  Steve sprayed and Dale rolled.  That doesn't sound right, but you know what I mean. :)

Now that it's painted, can't wait to see the wood trim cleaned up and installed around the window and door frame.

What amazes me is how bright it is.  When the walls went up, we knew it would get darker, but this picture was taken yesterday around 4:15 in the afternoon.  All the windows are covered in plastic including the skylights and there isn't one light on.  

The unveiling of the stair post.  I haven't seen this in well over a year.

Now waiting for the floors to get refinished.

Lots of plastic to be removed from the walls and floor.

Now the lights are on.  All of these lights by the doors will be those little black "hat" lights you generally see on the outside of commercial buildings.  They'll remain on 24/7 so people will never come into a dark building.  Now we have to figure out what the suite number signs will look like.

This is really becoming a reality!  The hardest part of walking into the building today was the smell.  All of our homes have their unique smell and The Jerome is no different.  Granted, it was an old smell and not pleasant to most, but when you've spent as much time as we have there, it became a very familiar and comforting smell to me.  Now it smells like a brand new home.

On the positive side, I can still open the door to get into the unfinished area and still smell "home".