{"id":1468,"date":"2009-09-17T12:21:05","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T19:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2009-09-28T09:22:14","modified_gmt":"2009-09-28T16:22:14","slug":"whipped-butter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/?p=1468","title":{"rendered":"Whipped Butter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Kevin was off in Montana being Best Man and his brother&#8217;s wedding last weekend, I decided to break out the paint brushes and finish painting the downstairs. \u00a0The yellow I painted in the kitchen months ago petered out around the sliding glass door and the rest of the downstairs was the color of putty. \u00a0It was awful. \u00a0Picture a grey and rainy day. \u00a0Now paint that all over your walls. \u00a0Talk about depressing. \u00a0I&#8217;ve wanted to change the paint since the day we moved in five years ago but never had the motivation to do it. \u00a0Well, last weekend I got motivated.<\/p>\n<p>Liza, bless her big heart, volunteered to come over and help me get started. \u00a0She brought some much needed class to the operation. \u00a0She was appalled at my lack of painter&#8217;s tape and drop clothes. \u00a0She also shamed me into removing all the face plates around the sockets and switches. \u00a0I was all about the doing, she was all about doing it right. \u00a0(It&#8217;s very good to have friends like these.) \u00a0We slaved all day Friday in wicked high heat and and managed to get the first coat on all the rooms. \u00a0She then went above and beyond and had us over for an impromptu sleep over as my house reeked of paint fumes. \u00a0Awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday and Sunday I painted, and painted, and painted. \u00a0Kevin was totally surprised when he arrived home Sunday night to find the entire downstairs transformed from putty puke grey to whipped butter yellow. \u00a0Awesome. \u00a0So here are a few pictures of the new wall color. \u00a0The girls, for whatever reason, wanted in the shots too. \u00a0When I want to take their pictures, they hide from me. \u00a0When I don&#8217;t, <em> <\/em>I can&#8217;t get rid of them. \u00a0Fickle pickles.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 609px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pictures\/2009\/frontpaint.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"799\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hello!  Welcome to the New Front Room!<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pictures\/2009\/kuliapaint.jpg\" alt=\"Kulia and the New Paint\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kulia and the New Paint<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pictures\/2009\/leinapaint.jpg\" alt=\"Leina Loving the Yellow\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leina Loving the Yellow<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was a labor of love but so very worth it. \u00a0Next up is some nice simple crown molding to top it all off. \u00a0Then maybe some new carpet. \u00a0Oh, and window casing. \u00a0And, of course, new tile for the fireplace&#8230;.. \u00a0Just a few last minute touch ups really. \u00a0Poor Kevin. \u00a0He may want to head back to Montana if he knew what&#8217;s coming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Kevin was off in Montana being Best Man and his brother&#8217;s wedding last weekend, I decided to break out the paint brushes and finish painting the downstairs. \u00a0The yellow I painted in the kitchen months ago petered out around the sliding glass door and the rest of the downstairs was the color of putty. 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