All you kids and all you... bowlers
We're going painting today
I'm not nuts, the clip can be found here: http://youtu.be/HsMTcSMqGMc?t=1m
I have come to the conclusion that you can only stare at blank white walls for so long, before you revert back to your two-year-old self and color on the walls with crayons.
It's been nearly a year since Chris and I moved into our house. One of the things we liked the most about it when we bought it was this: white, blank walls. Compared to the 1950s wallpaper, avocado green paint, or some horrible pattern we saw in one house, white walls were perfect!
Until you spend day after day staring at white walls. It's enough to make you crazy.
I scrounged the Internet for paint colors, and every single one was boring, and if it wasn't boring it was something along the lines of Electric 80s Barbie.
Shoot me.
HGTV partnered with Sherwin Williams with "even a dummy cannot mess out these color combos." Twelve colors on one page, all with the same tone so no matter what two, or three, or seven (I might be overcompensating for white walls) colors you put in one room, they match.
Brilliant!
I scoured Pinterest, looking at professionally decorated mansions, with entry halls the size of our house. I saw rooms that were boring, plain, and not fun enough. I discovered all the fun rooms were for children.
Lame.
Then, it was like Pinterest finally figured out what I wanted, and displayed the perfect room.
It was a nursery, in Dr. Seuss theme.
I moved on. But I couldn't forget the paint scheme or colors. How could you forget that room? I love it!
Finally I gave in.
I found the paint colors (Gray is Sparrow and the white is Marshmellow by Behr and blue is True Turquoise by Glidden) and then had to beg the Home Depot paint crew it is possible for them to find the paint through Behr and Glidden's web site. And then how to remix it the next day. I'm thinking there are bigger hazards to smelling paint fumes all day, then people realize.
Two rollers, four rolling covers, plastic covering, and four paint brushes, along with two rolls of green Frogger Painters Tape came home with me along with 7 gallons of paint.
I was ready to paint!
Here is the before. White, bland, and horrible doors and wood trim I wasn't a huge fan of.
We moved everything out of the room, complete with wrestling our mattress down the hall. I decided on plastic floor cover so I could just toss it when I was done. I wasn't a huge fan of it, one it was impossible to keep it in place, especially when the heat came through the vent the plastic billowed out and pulled away from the base mouldings, and because it tore so easily. It protected the carpet, but the paint that hit it remained wet and when I stepped in it, there were shoe prints everywhere.
Day 1
Tarped and ready to go! Note the ugly brown, yuck!
Mouldings complete! This only took six hours and a lot of neck and back pain.
Day 2
Paint the white stripe on the wall. I didn't measure to well, I just started painting where I was pretty sure the white would go. I let it dry, and later that night (9:30pm) and Chris helped make sure the wall stripe was even, measuring 6 inches from the ceiling and used a square. I kept the tape taught as I followed the guide marks throughout the room.
Day 3
Finish taping (8:30 am) and begin painting!
Taped. I taped around the mouldings. You can kind of see the wall stripe through the white paint. If you paint over the tape with the color you're protecting, the other colors won't bleed as easily.
Look at that awesome tape job. :)
End of Day 3
Massive thanks to my two wonderful friends who helped me paint. First coat on the ceiling and wall. I love these colors! The day ended early to grab dinner with friends.
There was a slight mix up. The paint on the left wasn't mixed. Good job guys! No worries, I could use the right can for most of it.
Day 5
Painting completed!
Tape is gone, and all touch ups completed
Bedspread from Target, Room Essentials brand.
Love this!
The valances were sewn by a friend. Didn't she do great?!
I'm mostly done, I just have to hang picture frames (orange and green) and paint the closet doors the same gray as the walls. Which will probably happen when I move onto the guest room.
