I may never leave my recliner. Actually, nothing short of the Jaws of Life can pry me loose. I painted our bedroom ceiling on Monday, primed the walls on Tuesday and plan to apply the color today.
I’m not sure, but I think my eyelashes hurt.
Please don’t tell me if you have spry little elastic muscles that snap to attention at your every whim. I really couldn’t take that right now.
I’m out of chocolate.
Maybe you love to paint. Truth is, I didn’t mind so much myself until, well, now. Unfortunately, I tried to ignore the dirty shadows, but I could see the handwriting on the wall. Literally.
There has to be an easier way. No doubt I’ll have to do this again in my lifetime. Any way to make this easier? Words of wisdom re decorating? And please don’t tell me to hire someone. I need my chocolate money. Hubby’s out. He flunked Finger Painting 101.
I’m thinking I should scrap the caramel color and go with chalkboard paint. That way the grandkids can scribble on my wall, we can have dirty marks, all that and still be in vogue. Only problem is I live with a school principal. He’d make every morning an educational experience, and I just can’t live like that.
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17 Comments:
Good Morning Diann! Eat some chocolate, your eyelashes will feel better!
Hmmm...maybe you could get a local church youth group to take you on as a missions project? LOL
Hey, Suzanne, what a great idea! They'd probably get mad, though, if I sat in the corner and ate chocolate while they did all the work. ;-)
Sorry about your eyelashes, Katy. Thank you for feeling my pain!
Christy, always good to hear from someone who understands the benefits of chocolate!
Well, you could always hire out! :) OR, if you're lazy like me, just keep buying a darker shade every time you repaint so you can skip the primer step!!!!! :) :)
Find a sponge and sponge paint or splatter paint. That way when the kiddos mar the walls, it's so in vogue!
Praying for your eyelashes and the rest of those aching muscles. Boy, do I remember the feeling.
Paint one wall a day! It always works for me. But the first day should be used to clean out the room. Then 2nd day, paint Wall #1, 3rd day, Wall #2, etc. If you do it during the week, by the weekend you will have a new room!
But the youth group idea sounds even better. Cook them dinner or better yet order them pizza and fill 'em with Coke.
Here's my tip of the day: hire a painter :-) I had to hire one to FIX my last paint job, and he's been with us ever since. (Anyone old enough to remember "Eldon" of Murphy Brown? Wouldn't THAT be great!)
Thanks, Julie. I'm seriously giving up the chocolate money to hire someone.
I have papers spread about on the floor and when I went through to check one area, a newspaper was stuck to the wall I had painted. I peeled it away and read an entire episode of Charlie Brown on the wall.
Where are your priorities?
You are painting your bedroom and you are out of CHOCOLATE!? ;)
LOL - hate to tell you, girlfriend, but that's what happens to us boomers eventually. I used to be able to paint and wallpaper all day long. Not any more. Sigh.
The last room I wall papered (dh painted 3 walls and I papered 1 easy wall - no window) took me over 8 hours to do the 1 stupid wall.
It was the squating on the floor to cut the paper that did me in. A couple of times I wasn't sure I'd get up again! My dh had been sent away for the day (he and son were riding their motorcycles). I was afraid they were going to find me there, crouched on the floor wimpering, when they returned.
That thought gave me the last shred of energy to rise. I made it to the recliner.
Good thing I love that wallpaper.
Good point, Kellie! :-)
Oh Ane, I feel your pain. So glad you like the wallpaper, though!
I detest painting, but I'm the one who has to do it. Just remember, the end result will ROCK. May not be worth it, but it will rock! LOL
I'm soooo not a wall painter. I've tried, truly I have, but every time I do, I get a migraine. I think it's my body's way of saying that's a task I need to give someone else to do.
I ship in my in-laws. He's a contractor, she used to paint. . . works for me.
I don't even have to pay them chocolate . . .starbucks is payment enough for them.
Wow, Heather, sounds like great in-laws! Well, four days later and our bedroom is ALMOST finished. I could have finished it off today, but I spent time with our granddaughters, so I didn't get much painting done.
I have to say I do love the new look of the room, so MAYBE it was worth it.
Thanks for all the great advice!
Enjoy Your Room's New Look!
Ohhhhh... poor Diann... I hate to paint as well. One thing though, my living room is painted one color... sort of beige-ish and then, the decorator (lol) sponged a peachy kind of color onto the wall. Let me tell you... the effect is awesome. It hides a multitude of sins. I think I may never have to paint it again. It comes off as a earthy, neutral color that seems to match whatever furnishings I put into my room. I love it. It must have taken the former home owner some time to apply this technique, but, I'm so thankful. If it weren't for the awful things that my sons have done to the wall behind their favorite chair, I would probably never have to paint this room again. So, I'd say, if you could find a way to imitate this technique in a calm grown-ups bedroom... you truly may never have to paint it again in your lifetime! BTW... NEVER start an activity like this without the appropriate amount of chocolate on hand. Have you ever tried the Cella Chocolate Covered Cherries. They have 100% liquid centers. They are addicting.. and would really get a girl through a horrible job like painting! Good luck!
Oh I had to laugh because this was me a couple of weekends ago. I had the bright idea to do a makeover on my husband's home office while he was out of town. He's trying to quit smoking so I called it an erase the evidence makeover.
The kids and I painted, hung curtains and rods, cleaned, hung decorations, and built a bookcase.
I don't remember who's brilliant idea it was to hand write various Nascar race track names along the ceiling al the way around the room, but my neck still has a kink in it. Oh wait, it was MY brilliant idea.
The best part though: each of us (6 kids and me) painted something Nascarish on one wall and hung a frame around each thing. Even the baby painted her tire which looks more like a racetrack, but hey - that works, too lol.
He loved it by the way. :)
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