I remember during a past Apartment Therapy Cure, Alana wrote in her blog about getting to the point of wanting to throw her paintbrush against the wall and scream. I can’t find the link, but it stuck in my mind as being an all-too-familiar scenario. It is also exactly how I felt this morning before I’d even got my shoes on.
I’ve set myself the task of getting all the final bits and bobs finished in the kitchen (yup - it’s still not finished) by the end of the month. This weekend, I’m getting all the baseboards and skirting boards finished. In the spirit of using up what we already have, I’m trying out ‘Dulux Brushwood’ on the baseboards. It’s a fake wood (which I like to call bois faux) paint system that my parents passed on to me last year. It’s meant to be mahogany and this is the base coat:
A bit pink, no? When the base coat(s) are dry (16 hours - so, tomorrow), you then use the top coat to create woodgrain. If it is still pink-ish at that point, I think I’ll mix up some stain and varnish (hmmm - it won’t explode, will it?) to tone it down a bit.
I’m also going to do my shoes piling this weekend, which I’m actually looking forward to as it should be a simple case of fit/don’t-fit and scuffed/not-scuffed. No body image issues there.
