I really hoped to nail all of my boards up on the walls this past weekend, but like most projects, things just went a little slower than expected.
I put two coats of white paint on the bottom part of the walls. I was set back a bit because I didn't like the first white I brought home. I'd just grabbed white off the shelf, and it was WAY too bright. So I returned it to Lowe's and had some paint color-matched to Benjamin Moore's Simply White. Much better. Less neon white and more pretty white, please and thank you.
I also started priming and painting my MDF boards outside. I quickly realized I need a lot of places to set them all down. I don't have much room, so it looks like I'll be painting them in shifts. I started by painting as many boards as I could. Then late last night I began nailing them to the wall. I'll show you that once they're all up.
As you can tell, I'm trying to paint as much as possible before the boards go on the walls. I've been told, and it makes sense, that it's much easier to paint the walls before the boards go up. I'm putting one coat of primer and one coat of paint on the boards before hanging them. That way I should only need one more coat on the boards after I caulk and fill the nail holes with wood filler. We'll see how it goes!
For right now I'm just happy there's no more beige showing and my gray looks gray instead of light blue.
This week I probably won't get much done. I have two sets of house guests coming to visit, and it's my birthday this week! Woohoo! (Party on Wednesday.) Maybe I'll be able to work on it here and there.
It's just a reality that when you have little ones and you're doing a project by yourself, it can take a long time.
Big props, though, to my hubby, who took Miss A most of the weekend so I could work. They went on a bike ride, went to the park and generally played outside. Thanks, honey!!
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