Before-only photos of getting the insanely bright paper off the kitchen walls. I’ve wanted to do this since day one!
It took 2 days to get the walls clear of paper and glue, another one or two to clean, patch, and prep, one more to prime, and then one more day to topcoat. Anyhow, somehow the whole thing took a week. I used leftover paint and 1 tiny can of sample yellow, didn’t touch the trim or ceiling but bah, it’s good enough for now.
(after photos coming soon)
Here are the results of the living and dining room painting we had done last month. It’s been so dismal lately, I don’t have well lit pictures, but you get the idea. Also, we have more art up on the walls since I took these pictures and I’ve rearranged the dining room but I’m very out of the habit of posting so this will have to do for now.
We have one week left to decide on paint colours for the living room / dining room. Grey tones look dingy, yellow tones look buttery, light colours disappear into nothing and dark ones suffocate. Nightmare.
Sunday was cold but full of bright sun. I dug out my brushes, watercolours, acrylics, crayons, and a wee little canvas board. Some of the tubes of paint were rock hard.
I discovered that you can wash paint off canvas board almost completely without the board going soggy. And when your materials are over 7 years old it doesn’t feel like wasting when your sketch turns out badly. I repainted the one board over and over til afternoon. I stopped when I got turquoise paint on the knees of my jeans and it was time to take the dogs for a walk.
It was fun to play with colours on the floor, with Abbey snoring under the table.