When Saturday came along things did not start to go as well as they should have gone. What seemed to be a very small project turned into a weekend nightmare. Painting a room is one easy way to give it a new look...not only is it easy and cheap, but its also a fast project. When I say fast I should point out that it should be fast as long as everything goes smooth.
Getting your tools together: It is nice to have everything ready so you don't have to stop in the middle of something to go get something you need.
Prep time: Probably the most important part of the process, when you prep a room right it will always make the cleanup alot easier.
Action time: Thats what I like to call the time where I am actually doing the work.
Clean up Time: well ummm the time you take to clean the mess.
Touch up time: Hopefully there is not much to touch up.
Happy time: When the room is put back together and you get to enjoy you
r new painted room.
Ha, that is how its supposed to go. This time it seemed like luck was not on my side at all. Everything was great and it seemed like I was on schedule until I ran out of paint and still had a section about 3x6 that still needed to get painted and a few other spots that needed touch up.
Thats where all the fun began. I decided to call it a day on Saturday after the paint ran out so there could be some family time to enjoy.
"Sunday morning Time to finish up", thats what went trough my mind. I took a picture with my phone of the label on the paint can and headed to Home Depot. When I got to the paint department I showed the guy the picture and told him that i need it a quart of paint of that color, he looked at me like I was dumb and then told me "Sr., you have to bring a sample of the color so I can match it" ????? well it turns out that I bought that paint at Lowes, not Home Depot.
I should of known then that it was going to be a bad day. I drove to Lowes and when I got there I did the same thing, showed the guy in the paint department the picture and asked him for a quart of paint in that color, after all I just have a small 3x6 area and a few other places to touch up. I got the paint and headed home to finish up the small project. Once I started to paint and started to touch up all the small spots that needed some attention I realized th
at the paint was not exactly the same color. I told myself maybe it has to dry more for the right color to come out. I kept painting in small areas that needed some paint and by the time I was done I realized the paint was dry and the color was different. I got a little mad and frustrated but there was nothing I could do about it by this point. I drove back to Lowes with both my original can of paint that I started with and the quart of paint that I had just purchased. When I arrived there I explained to the people at the paint department what had happened and they were nice enough to make me another quart. This time before I left the 
store I decided to check the color on both my original can and the new one they gave me and it was still wrong. So they said "no problem we can match it". yeah right, an hour and a half later I was still standing at the paint counter while they kept adding a little bit of this and a little bit of that to the paint so they could try to match my original color. When I noticed it was almost the same I told them to go ahead and stop while they ware ahead and they gave me a gallon of paint for the price of a quart. Not a bad deal after all I had been there for a long time. When I got home I tried the New paint and waited for it to dry and turns out that you could tell the difference between the 2 colors. Long story short The entire room was repainted completely all because I ran out of paint the first time........
Happy time Finally arrived tonight around 10 pm. A project that should of taken a few hours took 2 full days. Am I happy with the results? yes, I totally am.... but I think Ms. Blakely is not. she didn't seem to recognize the room when it was done.
On a happy note, Blakely sat in her big girl high chair for the first time on Saturday, luckily she still looks tiny in it :)
The Game plan
Getting your tools together: It is nice to have everything ready so you don't have to stop in the middle of something to go get something you need.
Prep time: Probably the most important part of the process, when you prep a room right it will always make the cleanup alot easier.
Action time: Thats what I like to call the time where I am actually doing the work.
Clean up Time: well ummm the time you take to clean the mess.
Touch up time: Hopefully there is not much to touch up.
Happy time: When the room is put back together and you get to enjoy you
r new painted room.Ha, that is how its supposed to go. This time it seemed like luck was not on my side at all. Everything was great and it seemed like I was on schedule until I ran out of paint and still had a section about 3x6 that still needed to get painted and a few other spots that needed touch up.
Thats where all the fun began. I decided to call it a day on Saturday after the paint ran out so there could be some family time to enjoy.
"Sunday morning Time to finish up", thats what went trough my mind. I took a picture with my phone of the label on the paint can and headed to Home Depot. When I got to the paint department I showed the guy the picture and told him that i need it a quart of paint of that color, he looked at me like I was dumb and then told me "Sr., you have to bring a sample of the color so I can match it" ????? well it turns out that I bought that paint at Lowes, not Home Depot.
I should of known then that it was going to be a bad day. I drove to Lowes and when I got there I did the same thing, showed the guy in the paint department the picture and asked him for a quart of paint in that color, after all I just have a small 3x6 area and a few other places to touch up. I got the paint and headed home to finish up the small project. Once I started to paint and started to touch up all the small spots that needed some attention I realized th
at the paint was not exactly the same color. I told myself maybe it has to dry more for the right color to come out. I kept painting in small areas that needed some paint and by the time I was done I realized the paint was dry and the color was different. I got a little mad and frustrated but there was nothing I could do about it by this point. I drove back to Lowes with both my original can of paint that I started with and the quart of paint that I had just purchased. When I arrived there I explained to the people at the paint department what had happened and they were nice enough to make me another quart. This time before I left the 
store I decided to check the color on both my original can and the new one they gave me and it was still wrong. So they said "no problem we can match it". yeah right, an hour and a half later I was still standing at the paint counter while they kept adding a little bit of this and a little bit of that to the paint so they could try to match my original color. When I noticed it was almost the same I told them to go ahead and stop while they ware ahead and they gave me a gallon of paint for the price of a quart. Not a bad deal after all I had been there for a long time. When I got home I tried the New paint and waited for it to dry and turns out that you could tell the difference between the 2 colors. Long story short The entire room was repainted completely all because I ran out of paint the first time........Happy time Finally arrived tonight around 10 pm. A project that should of taken a few hours took 2 full days. Am I happy with the results? yes, I totally am.... but I think Ms. Blakely is not. she didn't seem to recognize the room when it was done.
On a happy note, Blakely sat in her big girl high chair for the first time on Saturday, luckily she still looks tiny in it :)
With a little Help...
On her own..
1 comment:
What room where you painting? Funny story, and I was going to see if you wanted to help paint over here... NOT! Just kidding, buddy!
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