My Home: More Painting and then Some More

When I came around the corner yesterday I had full intentions of keeping the original paint.  I decided most of it would be covered by artwork.  Then I went outside and when I came in the front door the 1st thing to catch my attention were the dabbles over the mirror (and I was not even looking for them).  OK, I rationalized, so what?  

Then I thought about getting a quart of paint and painting the 2 walls with the most dabbles.  I started to tape off the baseboards so I could start painting them while I mulled over my options.  Under the mirror was a section where red paint was on the wall.  I suspect it came from a little red chair I own rubbing against the wall.  Who knows how that could happen?  I'm past the point of caring.  

So I figured 1 quart of paint would cost me $20 and it would still be hit or miss on the sheen.  Or, I could spend $30 on a new color and ya know, 3 or 4 days painting this 11 x 12 room.  

So I grabbed my blue color swatches and compared them to the drapery fabric.  It has about 5 different shades of blue.  I also walked through my kitchen looking at the swatches.

I don't usually buy "big ticket" items dependent upon something like the fabric for drapes but I have a feeling these will be hanging a long time.  Because the fabric has so many of the blue shades  I love I felt the fabric was a good indicator of blues I would probably buy even without the fabric. 

I was pleasantly surprised how well the blue I chose worked with my painted kitchen cabinets.  I have loved their colors from the minute they were painted.

If I decide to repaint them (this time by myself as opposed to hiring the job like I did 18 years ago) I will use the same colors.

You can easily see that when I am finished with the baseboards in my sitting room, I will be moving to the other side and painting the kitchen door frame and baseboards.  Some delivery guy beat the daylights out of the door frame when delivering a refrigerator.  From that point it was a slippery slope to their present condition.

I forgot how much time taping off a room takes. If I painted more often I would try to get better with one of those paint shields but at present I'm sticking with tape.  I still had some time so I started cutting in on the walls.  Talk about another huge time suck.   Lord Have Mercy!

This paint has more grey than the original periwinkle paint.  

This morning I had some commitments so I didn't get the cutting in finished until early evening.  I'll get up in the morning and roll the walls.  

As I was moving the chairs I noticed my "test sample" on the chair also hit my wood floor.  I think it shows how mature I've become that I didn't slap myself around.  😎😎 I tried to scrape it off but ended up using Goof Off.   Rian, by the way, the color is Parisian Grey, 1st cousin to Dove Grey.  I like it very much but will wait until the walls are painted to make a final decision.  

Sometime last year I had the bright idea to paint my wood floors.  They have some discoloration that would be nice to cover & I really can't afford to replace them now.  When I worked at Floor and Decor they had some mechanically distressed and painted wood look floor tiles that I really loved.  In my last house I chose a sandwashed wood to resemble driftwood & I loved that floor very much.  So seeing the paint on my floor has me scurrying over to Pinterest to research painting floors. 

As I was reminded recently:  You have all the time in the world.

Well, if I can just get the walls painted tomorrow . . . . 

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