Rodney's Personal Blog

So a while back I wrote about a paint job gone bad.  After seeing the troubles the pros had painting the "red room" and hearing them say how hard it is to paint red I thought I'd give painting another try.  I must say I did learn a thing or two watching the pros paint as well.

Like paint the trim first, then once dry tape the trim, do your cuts then roll on a coat.  Now the pros don't actually use tape but I did :)   I also replaced all the baseboards so I painted those and nailed them in place afterwards.  Much easier to roll the paint to the floor and cover it with baseboard later!

So the spare bedroom is now painted, pictures hung and the bed will go in on Friday once our new bed arrives for the master bedroom.  With a master bedroom that is 18' wide but 15' deep we had room for a king size bed :D 

With that in place the only thing left (hopefully) is the hardwood floors, a dining room table and some yard work.  Floors will get done when we can decide on a type of hardwood (I like Walnut, Lisa likes stained Birch).  The dining room table is coming next week sometime and Nutri-Lawn is coming to get the lawn healthy again.  It never seems to end but I am enjoying every bit of it!

I am the kind of person who likes to think he can do it all.  I learn fast, learn by watching and have always been pretty good with this approach.  So we bought a house recently and we wanted to make it our own so to speak with a few minor renovations like...

- painting the interior

- replace the laminate with new hardwood

- replace some trim pieces

- build a deck

- fix some minor things

Not a huge list and most things I know I can do because I have done them in the past.  Painting is not one of them but I've seen it done many times and figured it can't be that hard.

I am the kind of person who likes to think he can do it all.  I am also the kind of person who knows when to fold them, knows when to walk away.  I am not a painter.  Yes I could get it done.  Yes it would take some time but it would be satisfying knowing I did it myself.  I am a reasonable person.  We have hired a painter to get a few rooms painted in the new place.  At least it will get done right, and get done in a reasonable time frame :)

With my Packers out of the playoffs I normally couldn't cheer for the team that knocked them out.  If the New York Giants would have been playing any other team besides the Patriots I wouldn't have been.  But the cocky, brash Patriots, lead by the convicted cheater just turned me off the AFL team. 

What a game!  What an ending!  What a bittersweet victory!  And what an awesome t-shirt!