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Sunday, September 30, 2007

"Feeling and wearing Bluish-greenish, and glazed over"

So, I guess Dad SHOULD be a little afraid when he goes out of town. For some reason, I get the urge to go to the paint dept. at Lowes and haul some home. This week it was for the tv room that used to be the living room. And I wanted to do it "artsy". So when I went to Lowes and the paint guy said..."oh, that's too hard and really expensive", I just looked at him. RIGHT.



Just hand over the paint and BACK UP.













SO, I painted for 3 days straight and didn't cook or clean and made a really big mess. It felt REALLY ARTSY...






I got the first coat on and then headed back to the PAINT DEPT. for the second more artistic coating...different paint guy that was much more enthusiastic and helpful.








This entailed
"rub on, rub off and then roll over"
(have I mentioned that my right biceps are really buff now?). But it also took about a hundred trips up and down the ladder to tip my head too and fro seeing if I liked it. And a late night phone call to my friend to come and tell me if I should forget the 3 coat thingy. But I toiled and went up and down that ladder many times.
I hated it. AND then I finished it and I LOVED IT. That is until I noticed on the upper end of the tall wall there was a little edge I missed. Kinda ruined the whole thing for me....so, I went back up the ladder for one more swipe.











So, it was my goal get it all done and put back together before Don got home and see if he noticed. He did. I think he likes it. And I asked him when he is going out of town again. Cause I have been looking at the bathroom and it needs a new coat or two.

3 comments:

Steve said...

Looks pretty nice!

Alicia said...

I LOVE the new paint job... Can't wait to see it in person.

Is it Christmas yet?
Alicia

Fujitales said...

I absolutely love the color - I'm sure it's even prettier in real life. I love husband-away projects - you don't need all the "help" they seem to give!
The change is in the air - I'm feeling the need for a Washington trip!