So I have this love-hate relationship with Paint...the act of painting and the actual substance. To those that would listen, I voiced hesitation and slight panic at the prospect of painting our new home, even before we moved in. More than any other project we had decided we could handle with buying a house, painting is what scared me the most. I dreaded it. It took me weeks (dare I say months) to simply pick out a color. Now it has taken months to get the color on the walls. I'm pretty sure that almost no one can understand why it has taken so long, so let me explain. In our new world, painting isn't simply rolling color onto walls. It's sanding baseboards, filling holes and dents, TSPing everything, taping around trim, painting trim, taping the painted trim, taping and covering walls and light fixutres and outlets and cupboards and ceilings. We have a tri-level house with 3 separate stair cases (which all include spindles and handrails....aka 'trim') and 15' ceilings. We've dealt with bad spray tips, bad spray guns, and so many trips to Home Depot that they anticipate what we need before we even open our mouths. Even if someone I trusted had tried telling me, I wouldn't have believed how much money could be spent on tape and paper and plastic. I now understand why the 'P' word is a bad word in the Carl Mattingly household. Basically, Preparation sucks.
But now on to the love...I LOVE* our paint colors and how beautiful they look on the walls with the crisp lines and even sprays. I now know for sure that prep is worth every minute. And I'm so grateful for a husband that is willing to put in the time and effort to make all our hard work worth it. Nic has, with unconditional help and guidance and countless phone calls with Carl, learned how to paint a house with a paint sprayer and I'm seriously really proud of him. Another reason I'm feeling love...we are almost finished! Well, with the painting part at least. :)
*After 10 years, I thought for sure my mother-in-law wouldn't put it past me to love a neutral color, but she said it wouldn't happen. Not only was she totally wrong, but the tables have turned and she is now seeing for herself the beauty of neutral colors. (insert cunning laugh :))
