The great Paintening

We bought our house late last Summer. My plan had been that we would spend the first week or two caulking cracks, fixing small things, painting walls, and then move in. I have a ridiculous amount of stuff. It would be a pain to try to move it all and paint around it. Boyfriend, on the other hand, was eager to move out of his current digs, and insisted on moving in immediately upon closing. I was also really excited about having my own house, and gave up the idea of “fix first, move in later”.

Fast forward to now, and we have been staring at the very dull walls ever since. When I was a kid, the appropriate color for “please buy this house” was beige. Beige walls, beige carpets. Oatmeal. Cold oatmeal. Boring. The current trend, in case you don’t spend hours scouring the current house listings, is gray. Light, cold, icy gray that could be blue or maybe white that’s just really dirty. Dull. I have always longed to have a colorful house. I itch to paint each room a wildly different color.

Boyfriend is not a painter. He does the heavy lifting, I make things pretty. So the honor of painting our house has fallen to me. Together we have picked colors, some from scratch and some from a stash of paint I already had. I mean, who doesn’t have gallons and gallons of paint just lying around, waiting to be used?

We decided to start with the dining room. Pretty small, fairly straightforward.

Please Buy Me Gray can be purchased at Lowes

Isn’t that the worst light fixture? I have plans for it to go. It’s way too big for this room. But you see my point? Gray. 

Gray, different lighting

I set to work. I haven’t painted in years. I’m out of practice. Our city, county, and state are on lockdown so I didn’t feel the need to run to the hardware store when I realized I didn’t have tape, and so I freehanded it. Also? No trim paint. Oh well. That can be a project for another day.

Woodland Strawberry

And just like that, I have color in my world again! I have begun the Great Paintening, and soon my house will reel with luscious color. This one is the most vibrant. I think. There’s yellow for the kitchen. But this red is are ee dee red. 

Red, sunnier lighting

Boyfriend wishes me to do the living room next. I’m filled with trepidation. It’s a million windows and doors and a fireplace, and, as previously mentioned, no tape. I better have a steady hand for it. I shall report back later.