Tom did both a good and a not-so-good job painting the living room today. He loves how the job really worked muscles he doesn’t normally use, but said he couldn’t paint for a living cuz he sucks at it. Why is it that everyone seems to suck at painting but me? I told him I’ll do the rest of the painting. He can help edge areas I can’t reach as well and help me set up and clean up and all that stuff, but I’d like to do most of it since I have a steadier hand. 

I asked Tom if he was sure he wanted to do the painting by himself cuz I’d be happy to stay up a little later and help. But he insisted he was fine on his own and that I’d already done most of the work by taping. 

Not all the glitches he ran into were his fault, though. The paint just didn’t want to stick to the one paneled wall he painted and so when he went to remove the tape it tore some of it off. It will need to be touched up with the roller brush that looks like a chair wheel. 

What I didn’t get was why he got paint on the central beams when he wasn’t in that area to begin with, but was able to wash most of it off. 

The rest of the walls look great. It’s a nice even crisp bright white that doesn’t clash with the colors in the curtains or whatever the future couch ends up being, and it’s nice no longer having to see outlines of pictures the previous people had hanging for years and other nicks and scuffs that were present. The room looks brighter, more modern, and definitely bigger. As he told himself, that’s as bad as it will get since it’s the biggest room in the house and the only one with a zillion windows. I’m glad we didn’t have to worry about new carpet. The reason I wanted to do that room first was that it’s the biggest and with the most carpet. I’m going for the carpeted areas first, even though we’re replacing the flooring too, eventually. The next room will be the master bedroom. I’m going to tape it up tonight. This room will be mint green. No pics till the imperfections are touched up. 

We hung the decorative beach curtains by the door and I actually like them better than the garden scene in the dining room. I still have another garden scene I can hang for variety at some point, too. Thank goodness I didn’t get curtains for the 6 front windows. That would’ve looked ridiculous. 

We also cornered my desk as it was meant to be and it looks way better this way.