Wednesday, March 5, 2008

I hate paint!

This weekend I devoted to painting our office downstairs. Skyler was gone the whole weekend so I dedicated myself to finishing while he was gone. We got a gallon of paint and primer from Skyler's mom who works for Behr Paint. Turns out we didn't need the primer and it caused a bigger problem. Well, not a problem, just more time invested in the project. My sister Holly spent the night on Friday night and she helped me start the project. We painted the primer by ourselves and then my brother Cameron came over to help with the actual painting. We finished the first coat of color and it looked horrible. Since the primer was a bright white and the paint was a bright/dark green, the primer showed through quite well making it look like some kids broke into our house and spray painted the walls. So Sunday I began painting the second coat by myself. Fortunately, it is looking a lot better, but it is still going to need a third coat. Argh! So I had to order more paint and it looks like I will be devoting another weekend to painting!

2 comments:

LaVonne said...

Hey Now. If I were in Cali I would have painted for you. I love to paint. I painted a few walls when I moved to AZ. Come on..its fun. Miss you. ps: Take some picture of the inside of your new house. I wanna see where you live. Love ya

Robin said...

Wow Elise--That sounds like quite the job. How did Holly do helping? I bet it is fun to get to design your house how you want to though! Well little Diego's getting circumcized today so im nervous for him! I hope he does okay. Have fun tomorrow at the party! =Robin