In mid-August of 2019 our regular house painter slotted some time to come up and paint the great room. There was much prep work to be done as the the old return vents for the furnace had been patched but the texture needed a bit of work. On top of that we made the decision to delete the sconce lights from the great room as they were not only ugly, but they cluttered up the walls and Agent Smith had better ideas for getting light into the room at night. We also had already deleted the old thermostat for the south end of the house, but now we also removed the original phone jack in the north corner of the downstairs area.
Upstairs of the Great Room 
Upstairs of the Great Room with patches where furnace return and thermostat once were 
Upstairs of the Great Room with patches where furnace return and thermostat once were 
Dining area hearth area 
Downstairs area and dining area up the steps — note the ugly sconce 
Downstairs of the Great Room 
Downstairs of the Great Room 
Old phone jack prior to deletion 
Prep work after sconces removed 
Upstairs sitting area 
Masking off the mantles 
Drop cloths down 
Supplies 
Dining area 
Doorway into our bedroom with door removed and plastic in place
Our painter soon got to work placing drop cloths and plastic. Then it was time to get painting!