Progress in Paint

Finally, I'm done.

For a while.

The entire downstairs of our house is painted something else besides builder-grade white, plus my office, craft room. It seems like it has taken for ever.

Here's the run down:

Formal living room, stairwell, upstairs and downstairs hallways: Navajo Sand by Glidden, a very sandy, cool beige color

Family room and kitchen: Dusty Miller by Glidden, a blueish, slight greenish grey

Half bath and Dining Room: Country Beige and Wild Honey by Behr (Painted these rooms first; Wild Honey might as well been Navajo Sand, I can't even tell the difference so I didn't repaint to match.... shhhh, don't tell :)

Office, Craft Room: Celery Sticks by Glidden

Lessons I've learned:

The color will never look "right" and you will never be "sure" of it until it drys, it up on all four walls, and it's been there a few days

Paint samples are the cheapest mistake you can ever make

Don't skimp on a good paint brush and the little hand bucket with the magnet to hold the brush

Those disposable tray liners are totally reusable with latex paint.... um, you just peel it out once dry

Home Depot always has $5 off sales around three-day weekend holidays

Always, always pull up the painters tape along trim work immediately after "cutting in" (learned this one about halfway through after careful tape placement and pressure still let tons of paint seep on to the trim. Ugh.)

And lastly, nothing new but totally proven to me all the same, paint is seriously the cheapest redecorating you can ever do (I'm figure about $200 for paint, maybe another $50 for supplies and finally my house it starting to look personalized)

Still way in the middle of various other projects, so hopefully I'll be able to post some photos later this week.