Paint Saga

#project007 was in full force the past two weekends & I am not ashamed to say that I am exhausted.  Mentally, emotionally, physically.  Mom & I have painted {almost} all 2300 sq. feet in the house with mom focusing primarily on trim this weekend.  Y’all, that woman is a rock star.  Someone described her as a hummingbird going a million miles an hour and I feel like that is so descriptive!  She is an expert painter and has made it possible to have an interior that is not this weird blue-grey color with really terrible baseboards.  Our house was vacant for the past nine months & the fresh coat of paint really helped the house feel clean.  Well, that and the six bottles of ammonia we have used since move-in day.  My daddy painted the ceilings and currently we have one room left to “cut it” & paint trim and then the bathrooms!  It looks like the major bathroom overhauls will be happening over Labor Day Weekend, which is super exciting news.  Currently mom & I have big plans to rip out a bathtub...

Coach Husband was wonderful concerning the paint color!  He gave me free rein to choose any color that suited my fancy and then stepped back from the process.  I thought I knew the exact paint color I wanted so while we were still under contract Home Depot had a huge sale on 5-gallon buckets of paint!  I went in and purchased 10 gallons of base, to be tinted at a later date and mailed in my rebate this weekend.  It was another small but mighty acknowledgement of God’s goodness!  When we closed I tested the paint on several different walls in the house, and as much as I wanted to love it, I did not.  It took FOURTEEN paint samples and one random putty-colored bracket we found in the house to finally arrive at a color that spoke to my heart. 

this is not all of the samples #refusetosettle

Behr’s Bungalow Beige.  I had a vision to paint our entire house one color for continuity.  As the painting portion of #project007 is nearing completion I am still so happy about that choice.  The rooms flow from one to another very seamlessly and have the same color throughout gives it a sense of cohesiveness. 

Behr’s Bungalow Beige Color Swatch c/o: Home Depot

My mom {currently being referred to as Queen Painter} taught me so much the past two weekends about painting!  While I am nowhere near her skill level, and am totally fine with that, I can now paint a pretty fabulous closet or bedroom door, am an expert at painting closets and can identify missed spots like it’s my superpower. 

Enjoy a handful of photos depicting the new paint job!  If you know my mom or see her anytime soon, let her know what a fabulous job she has done.  Not just anyone can cut in ceiling paint and along trim WITHOUT using painter’s tape. 

before paint.  I just love the brick wall in our master

we don’t have carpet but we do have a canvas

after wall paint but no trim paint quite yet in this picture

Does anybody else go through a multitude of paint samples before finally settling on the one?!