It all started because when we bought this house we knew right away we wanted to paint. Not because we didn't like the color choice, I didn't mind it but I really didn't care for it, but more important than that is the previous owners did such a crappy job. The paint on the walls is just the start, but we don't have time for that today. So, not only did we want a different color, it needed a fresh coat.
Why didn't I get to it sooner you ask. Well here's the low down. In case you forgot, I have 3 kids, small kids. We had just moved to a new home, a more expensive home than what we were living in before. School was starting for Payden, Greg was out of town a lot for work. I had no idea what color/shade I wanted. The list goes on really...but it mostly came down to not knowing what color. I
I had bought 3 different $3.00 samples and finally picked one. And on New Years Eve I did what every other human being does, go to Home Depot, take the plunge and buy 5 gallons of paint. Come home, feed the family, trick your kids by yelling Happy New Year at 8 pm and put them to bed. Distract the husband with the play station remote and get to painting at 8:30 at night. I just had to get that red wall done. Two coats later the hubby and I were off to bed (before midnight, sad I know). When we woke in the morning I had butterfly's in my tummy. I couldn't wait to see what was waiting for me out in the giant room. I jumped out of bed and it felt like it was Christmas morning...only to have my smile come to a screeching to a halt. It looked purple.
Greg agreed as well, with the agreement came some rumblings, something along the lines of "Don't think your going to spend another $150 on more paint!"
So I continued to paint the rest of the room hoping once it was all done it would look more grey and less purple. It didn't, not in my eyes at least. I had friends come take a look and they didn't mind it but I just couldn't do it. So I called Home Depot, was worth a shot right? And boy did I luck out. The manager said to bring the paint back in and get something else! So that's what I did. About 2 weeks later I was painting this whole stinkin room again. It took me about a 3-4 days to get the main part of the room done, including fresh white paint on all the trim. Then about 2 more days on the entry way and another 2 days on the kitchen. I work when I can so that's why it takes so long.
Okay, so that's my painting story.
Here is a pic (the best I could come up with since I'm horrible at remembering to get a before shot).
You can see the tan color and the red.
This is "The Big Wall" once we were done. Nice and big and blank.
I pulled out all of my boxes of frames and other do thingies and my big guy frames as well. I rarely ever pay full price for a frame at a store. A lot of our frames are from our wedding, gotten as gifts, $3.00 cheepies from Walmart/Target. But the ones I love the most are from thrift stores. I've been collecting them for a few years now. I look past what is in the frame and check out the frame itself and the price tag! Especially the bigger ones! I dont' think I've payed more than $6.00 for any of them.
Now that they are up I'll be changing out the art/pictures for other things, I have a few blank canvas's that are waiting to get painted but a few special artists that live here and lots of the frames will be getting a fresh coat of paint once summer rolls around! I can't wait!
So here it is....
Excuse the mess, real life here people.
What was my trick? Nothing, I just started placing, marking and hammering. Probably not the best idea but it worked! Lucky I guess?
Thanks for reading my short story ;) Come again!
Megan