Well, here’s the thing. One project I’ve been working on has
morphed into quite a few projects. It all started with thinking about my mom
coming for Christmas. If my mom came for Christmas I would really like to get
the bed frame back in my guest room so that mom doesn’t have to sleep on the
floor. I mean, if we have the bed frame, why not.
And if I’m going to set up the bed frame it just does not
make sense that I wouldn’t paint it first. So, I hauled the pieces out to the
shop and gave the bed frame three coats of Annie Sloan chalk paint. Next, I’m
going to clear coat it.
But in the mean time, I got to thinking, that if per chance
we would actually be putting the bed back together in the guest room and this
ginormous bed frame is probably not going to be moving for a long time, I would
need to finish the trim first and put it up.
So, out to the shop with the trim and I gave it all three
coats of shiny white trim paint. And in the midst of it all, my mind a
whirling, I got to thinking about putting the trim up and the gouges and places
where the paint pulled off in the guest room when everything was wet and
flooded this summer.
So, I hauled out the paint pails and the mud and spatula and
sander and started filling holes. It doesn’t take much when a person gets going
and I’ll admit, I went a little wild with hole filling.
At the end of the day, Pat came in to mud spots in the
dining room, all the way down the stairs and the main full wall of the
basement. He seemed a little surprised and not exactly interested in the whole
process, a little afraid, I think, that he would be roped in to help. But do
not worry, midnight is my hour.
And today, at this point in my life, my dining room and
basement look nice and new and put together. I need to get a little tin of
paint to touch up the lighter stripes in the guest room - White Truffle by
Behr. And today I hope to clear coat the bed and staple in trim.
And perhaps this is why my projects seem to take forever.
The end.
Oh my. I'm tired. And amazed at your ambition.
ReplyDeleteI want to be like you!
ReplyDeleteI like you so much 👍🏻
ReplyDeleteI love it, you sound abit too much like me. It all goes so well until your 38 week tummy decided this is ENOUGH...annnnd then you have a problem! lol
ReplyDeleteChalk paint and sealing... How do you chose to clear coat vs waxing? I hear clear coat even with polycrylic will yellow? Is this true? I waxed my hutch and it was so much work. It still has a slight yellow in some.of the corners and deeper cracks...?
ReplyDeleteP.S. Your ambition makes me furious. What went wrong with me?
I can't wait to see it all finished up. You inspire me.
ReplyDeleteI love it. Isn't this so true. I think this is why I wait and wait on home projects that involve paint. I got a desk once, for free, and decided that it would be charming if painted and glazed. Then I remembered that I had an old door sitting that I wanted to turn into a head board and it needed painting. So haul that out to the shop also. And oh yeah, my vintage open shelf cabinet that so nearly matched a 3 drawer dresser that we have used as a combo for a china cabinet... oh yeah - and a mirror... I was so glad to be able to do them all at once. but in the middle of it I laughed and laughed at myself and just enjoyed the insanity of it all.
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