I’ve never been, shall we say, manually dexterous. Personally, I blame it on left handedness – that just sounds like a good idea. My mom says it is because I didn’t play Nintendo enough with my brothers when we were little. What does that have to do with renovating a new house? Quiet a bit, I am primarily relegated to organizational tasks. I provide direction for the chaos and my opinion matters the most in most rooms of the house. (And I’m not going to lie, that’s pretty cool.) So, I get to pick the color of paint, I’m just not allowed to paint, unless someone is willing to go back over the spot I just painted.
Eric took art classes in college. Eric is also a perfectionist. And Eric has played a LOT of Nintendo, which means he is the only one qualified to do all the painting.
I started painting primer in tight spots with a really tiny roller, thinking Eric would rather do the “cutting in” since he is more into detailed work. Also, cutting in means getting close to cabinetry, which has already been taped and covered with a layer of plastic, but come on, we both know a little plastic and tape isn’t going to stop me. Using my tiny roller didn’t last long. Eric ended up painting over everything I had painted, (excepted for the spots I managed to paint in my hair), including the spot behind the stove that no one will see. I have become an expert cutter-iner because most of that gets painted over anyway. And I suppose I don’t mind because I will have an absolutely perfect kitchen – which is what Eric kept saying as he would repaint a whole section of my work.
Here is a sample of what we are painting over. A fun filled floral print in peach and blue.
Now, use your imagination……for our kitchen colors we decided to select olive gray and heavy cream for the trim.
The walls of the home are primarily plaster. They have been covered in almost every room by paneling. No, not the dingy faux wood board paneling. In most cases the paneling looks like wallpaper. With the right primer, I’m told, it is very easy to paint. I will tell you what I think when we finally get to the paint – which seems like it will be a while, seeing as we spent a whole Saturday afternoon redoing what I had done.
