We have lived in our house for 13 years. It needed a face lift. The purple and green scheme is out. After 13 years of looking at it, we are tired of it. We enjoyed it while we had it, but are ready for something different and new. And wow! Are we getting different! We are getting new living room and family room furniture soon and it is definitely not purple and green! By the way, if you know anyone who would like a purple couch and chair, let me know!
We decided to go back to neutral walls (they were a sagey/gray green). We now have cream/peachy walls. I really like the clean, warm look. It is a change. I got up the next morning and thought, "What have we done? Am I ready for this?" After about 10 minutes, I thought, "Yep, I am. Very ready."
My parents were incredible and took Enoch and Kate for the weekend. Greg, Gavin and I stayed home and painted as much as we could. My sister, Michelle, and her husband, Dave, came and helped Friday night. We owe them big time! They were such a huge help. Gavin was put on Marcus babysitting duty for a bit while the adults painted. We got a lot done with their help.
We painted Friday night and all day Saturday. We slowed down during the BYU game, but went until Saturday night. We almost got it done. We had to put 4 coats over the green paint to get a good coverage. Geesh! That took a long time. We borrowed some scaffolding from Steenecks and that saved us! It was so handy.
We are slowly finishing. We still have baseboards. Greg is seriously considering replacing the baseboards and then he can spray them outside. That won't happen until we get our new carpet (in a few months). I'm excited for the changes. Now, I need to figure out what to put on the walls (besides new paint!).
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It is looking better and better each time I am there. I can see that it has been an incredible amount of work, but it will all be worth it soon. I'm happy that we could help.
I can't wait to see it done!! We were happy to help out and so happy Gavin loves spending time with Marcus.
Fun! Scaffolding is the way to go....I hate ladders. If we ever paint the rest of our house beyond the bedrooms and bathroom I already did, we will have to use scaffolding. There is nowhere to put a ladder and safely get some areas in our house (thanks, idiot builders). I think it will take me years to get to that point of being brave enough to do it though. haha I'm excited for your changes though! What fun! (once it's done and you forget how much work it was) :)
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