The closing went fine, and the house is ours!
We have spent almost this entire weekend painting. The dark color of doom is HELL to cover. Even after a coat of primer, it appears that it is going to take three coats of the color to get it thick enough to subdue that dark, icky background. That crap might as well have been black!
We'll see. It's hard to say before the new paint is completely dry, and it was raining today, so drying takes longer.
I am planning to make my bathroom a shrine to the water spirits again, like in my first house. The woodwork is already done, and it's a luscious aqua. (it was white, so it was easier to cover with color)
The walls will be seafoam green, and the ceiling will be pale lavender. I am hoping to find stencil kits somewhere... I don't know if anyone does that anymore...of sea shells.
We are considering two coats of primer on the rest of the house, since we have learned the hard way in the living room (which is, of course, the biggest area that needed painting) that one may not be enough.
I am also realizing that it was probably 10 years ago the last time I took part in the painting of an entire house. While I have done it many times, the last time was when I was still in my 30's.
As of a couple of days ago, I am 49.
It makes a difference. Even my feet hurt from standing all day, and spending part of the day on the rung of a ladder. My right hand and arm hurt the most from gripping a brush.
Ow. My right hand hurt so much last night it woke me.
But, in the long run, it will be well worth the work. The color that's in there now is just so ugly, and our choices will make it SO much brighter and cheerier!!
The color we found for the kitchen is called "BUTTER!" Hah!
We're doing an accent wall in the living room and the bedroom. Dave's idea. That ought to give it a lot of spark, too.
Wish us luck as we continue this HUGE project on our own....(Dave's son has refused to help, which is his right...so it's just us....and it's a lot of work)
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