What is it about that final room to paint that makes it so hard to get motivated to finish? Our dining room sat untouched for months while the rest of the house was getting gussied up. Two-ish months ago, I finally got around to selecting a color palatte and painting the base coat on those walls. It was very time consuming because there is a chair rail, so lots of trim to paint around. Fortunately, I didn’t have to be too careful because we are also painting the trim…and at this rate it will be 2007 before that gets done!
So there it sat, base coated and longing to be finished since July. Here’s the base coat, it’s called Apple Pie, if I recall. I wanted a honey-like color to match the glass shades on our chandelier:
Three weeks ago I started to mix the glaze and got too much white in the red, and so there the bucket of glaze sat, waiting for me to get more red tint. Which I did a week or so later…and it sat on top of said bucket.
Until this weekend.
Last night I finally got motivated enough to just do it. I wanted it DONE! I did one wall and waited until this afternoon to review the work, make sure my husband and I did, indeed, like the effect. We did. And so tonight I finished the job. Here’s one of the walls:
I have to say, it looks much better in person. The best looking wall has all the furniture piled up against it…maybe I’ll get a pic of that and post it later…maybe not. I’m pooped.
Good night.
