Ladies and Gentlemen, We Have Paint on the Walls

It finally, finally happened- we painted the walls!  Yes, we painted the walls the actual color.  Last night we got the first coat on and tonight, we did the second coat.  As with most things, it takes us a while, but I must say we are awesome painters.  We have our method down pat and we ended up with some pretty great walls.  Pretty great yellow walls that is.  Yes, Lightweight Beige turned out to be a bit more yellow and a bit brighter than we expected.  However, once we get our cabinets in and the dark countertop, I think it will look very good. 

Getting the painting accomplished this week was not an easy feat.  With doing the ceiling and the trim in addition to the actual painting, we were up every single night until at least 1am.  Mike actually referred to it as “hell week” and made me promise we wouldn’t have another one (which I’m optimistically taking as- we won’t have another one this month). While we did get more done this week than during any other week in a long time, the late nights meant the mornings came too soon.  Both of us being late to work more times than not, something Mike’s boss minded more than mine.  Oops.   In my opinion, it was worth it.  I only wish Mike’s boss saw it that way too!

 

I can't seem to get a great picture of the new walls since we have a mountain of cabinet boxes in the middle of the room.  I'll try again after we move things around, so check back for better pictures later!