Paint Everywhere

11/01/2013

There will be lots of posts about paint.  In my hair. On my arms. In my shoes. On the back of my pants when I got a little too close.  Clearly I’m not a professional.  But luckily practice makes perfect and we have plenty of walls and ceilings that need multiple coats!

We started in the kitchen and dining room so that we could install the kitchen as soon as we finished.  We are looking at cooler colors because the kitchen cabinets we selected have a slight pinkish hue to them so we wanted something that doesn’t highlight that. After houzzing for hours, here are the paint colors we were debating between:

I know....pretty extreme choices.

I know….pretty extreme choices.

If we chose Grey Owl or Moonshine, would you be able to tell the difference?  I know I couldn’t!  I’ll leave you on the edge of your seat for a little while longer because first there was prep.

A little bubbly foam to make the drywall look like textured plaster:

Bubbly foam to make drywall look like textured plaster

Au revoir ironing board

 

I also take it back.  I don’t mind the paint so much…it’s the primer that gets everywhere.

CORNERS

Get those corners

 

First Coat

First Coat

 

Second Coat

Second Coat

Still reading? What you’re looking at is Moonshine at 75%.