A few fun things about our house: It is twenty-six years old. And most of it seems to be in its "original" condition--appliances, furnace, paint, etc. You should also know that the most current (previous) owners were, shall we say, creative. It does appear that they did some updating (mostly with paint), and their color choices were questionable at best. I do think they updated some of the flooring as well--but only some (as in--they laid new flooring in the foyer but not in the closet that connects to it). They also appeared to not be very thorough and careful Do-It-Yourselfers, and you'll probably hear plenty more about that in the coming months (years!) as we transform this into OUR house. But first--the paint.
From the first time we walked in to this house we knew that the orange family room HAD to go. No ifs ands or buts. And while we didn't mind the white walls throughout most of the other common living spaces (not the bedrooms, though--oh no, not the bedrooms. Those are all their own special combinations of color), they were in bad shape and had clearly undergone one too many touch-ups jobs with not quite the same shade of white (or they weren't touched-up at all). So, we selected a neutral, much more palatable shade and bought three gallons (with fingers crossed that it would be enough!). Then came time for the painting. And painting the interior of a house with a split-level floor plan brings with it its own special set of difficulties. But that wasn't going to stop my husband.
In case you can't tell, that is a paintbrush tied to (what used to be) our rake. And this was the "safer" of the two approaches he used to cover this wall; if you look closely, you can see our ladder in the foyer, which he then climbed up and leaned off with his paint-brush-rake to cover the wall from the other direction (and one point I actually had to hold the ladder so he could step onto the highest rung and lean toward the center of the wall). Thankfully, this portion of the wall probably won't need a second coat, but the orange (oh, the orange), definitely will. Fortunately the orange is a little less dangerous to get at (albeit more shoddily done. At one point I noticed that Darrell was getting tan on the ceiling (which we are leaving white), and when I pointed that out to him he responded that he was NEEDING to put tan on the ceiling to cover the ORANGE that was on the ceiling. Folks, he is bound and determined to make sure there is no trace of orange left in his house. And I appreciate him for that.
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