I've actually started doing some real painting, as opposed to priming. It's hard to see that anything is different because the finish coat is "Ivory Tusk". It's an off-white with a warm look to it and we've been using that color consistently on trim throughout the house.
Only the new cabinet (the multi-shelved one next to the window in the first picture) has the finish coat on it. The old glass doors and drawers closer to the camera need a little more prep first. You can see the blue painters tape on the panes where I had to fix the molding on the insides for the doors. A little more prep tomorrow and I should be able to put the finish coat on that.
These big wardrobes (second picture) are all done along with the set of shelves near the window. The crown molding also has the finish coat on it. The plywood end facing the camera will get a decorative panel that matches the one on the end of the drawer-unit in the first photo. Once the paint is dry I can re-install the clothing rod and then wire up the ribbon lights (just wait - that will be cool...).
The last photo is looking the other direction. The shelves in the linen closet are all done, as are the shelves in the overflow closet (formerly my closet) to the right of the door. If you have a sharp eye, you can see some primer on the door just above the doorknob. At some point someone installed a keyed rim-lock on this door. Odd. I'm not sure why you'd want to force someone to use a key to get into your bathroom... At any rate, we didn't find it useful so I removed it and filled the hole (in reality it was a major pain if the rim-lock was set to "lock" because... we don't have the key...).
So what's left?
Filling nail holes in the door frames and base moldings. De-glossing all the old painted surfaces. Preping the linen closet door. Repairing and preping the french doors that go into the new bathroom. Preping the window.
Then I can put the finish coat of paint on
No sweat.
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