#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.
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this is not all of the
samples #refusetosettle
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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.
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Behr’s Bungalow Beige
Color Swatch c/o: Home Depot
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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.
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before paint. I just love the brick wall in our master
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we don’t have carpet but
we do have a canvas
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after wall paint but no
trim paint quite yet in this picture
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Does
anybody else go through a multitude of paint samples before finally settling on
the one?!
