paint the living room

GG finished the touch ups so I’m saying it’s done. Even though the molding has to be put around the front door. Whatever. It’s painted.

I have to say it looks fabulous. So much lighter at night than the old colors even though we didn’t change them that much. The old red and yellow were just grayer. Now we’re festive!

And I’m so glad to be free of the bare sheet rock!

It’s all detail work left and that’s GG’s area.

Nearly done though. It looks gorgeous.

...but not finished. I had to spackle and it slowed me down. Ok I don’t want to hear it. I know… excuses excuses.

• Ceiling all done.
• Entryway all red and baseboards done.
• Yellow walls done
• Baseboards have had one coat
• Bookcases have had one coat of the yellow

• 2nd coat on baseboards
• Door and window trim
• Bookcase red – may need 2 coats
• French doors
• Reattach front door trim
• General spot touch up – especially ceiling

It’s looking amazing. GG said, why didn’t we do this years ago? Well, because it’s a ridiculous amount of work….

Yesterday we TSPed it all and primed the ceiling and the entryway.

Today my brother helped from 9-6 (!!!) and we got everything primed even the tricky bits like the molding and the bookcases. 2 coats of the super heavy duty primer on most of the walls. Also the additional red primer on the walls that are being rhubarb color and the first real coat on the ceiling. Also a tiny bit of the yellow went up – inside a bookcase and a half.

It is a really really big room.

yellow and red. So no real change from what it is already, but different hues. Not quite sure what exact color for ceiling and the trim.

We’re packing things up. Man, there’s a lot of stuff in this room. It’s not good.

GG has been spackling and repairing.

We got some sample paints. I think the green looks pretty good but neither of the yellows is right.

It’s raining so we can’t paint this weekend anyway !

We’re so doing it this week. The mornings are getting damper and we’ve got a lot of stuff to put on the deck….

Got 2 walls done today! Might have to wait until this weekend to finish up, but wow, it looks nice : )

And now I need to let it all “cure” or something. I need to wait for 14 days or so before I put the 100-year-old clock back on the wall. I’m tired of saying, “DON’T TOUCH THE WALLS!” But it’s done, and it looks pretty good. Wow, I hate painting ceilings, but it had to be done. I’d gladly help someone do this. Painting is a job that’s best if you have a good friend there to help move furniture, change the radio station when your hands are full, and just to laugh with when you accidentally paint a skunk stripe in your own hair!