It's Finished!

I finished painting the geometric design on the walls tonight. Later this week I'll start the next room.

Here's the finished room, although not a lot different than the last photos posted. These photos are taken from each of the 4 corners of the room.

It's ALMOST Finished!

After work tonight I went to work on the painting project, hoping tonight would be the last night on this room. Not quite. I have one more coat to add to the orange stripe on one wall, then the blue tape can come off and I will be completely through with that room. Tonight I added another coat of paint to everything and finished the 4th wall. After I finish the orange stripe tomorrow I'll start the 2nd bedroom.

If nothing else, this project has given me a whole new appreciation for how hard Marty works. He often will work a full day, then go straight to another side job until late at night....and for many more days than what I've done. And he works much harder than moving a paintbrush up and down! :0) I certainly don't know how he does it!

Day 3 of Painting Project 1

Because it's been a busy weekend of church events, there was no evening service tonight. Having a free afternoon gave me some extra time to work on my painting project. As soon as lunch was over with friends and the church's out of town guests, I headed to work. I didn't get as much done as I'd hoped. I wanted to be completely finished with the main 3 walls I'm working on so all that would be left was the 4th wall consisting mostly of closet doors. It didn't quite work out that way, but I still got a lot done. I just have a few areas that will require another coat or two of paint, then I can move onto the final wall and be finished with this room. The teenager to whom this room belongs is thrilled with the outcome so far. Tonight before she left for the evening she came to take pictures of the progress also and told me she really likes how it looks. I'm glad she's pleased. :0)

It didn't hit me until I was headed home tonight how tired I am! I was feeling pretty energetic most of the afternoon and evening as I worked. I was sure hoping I'd still feel that energetic once I arrived home, but that was not the case. I didn't even have the energy to bring the supplies out of my car. I carried one load in and asked Heather to finish emptying the car. Thank you Heather!

Here are photos taken today. Click here to see the progress prior to today.

Painting Project 1 in Progress

I have some painting projects I've been hired to do. The first project is to add some colorful designs to a teenage girl's bedroom walls. One wall is bright orange and the other 3 are white. She wanted some geometrical shapes and she found the basic concept she wanted so I created a design using a rug pattern she'd found and made it work with her colors. I did not take any photos on day one because all I did that day was pencil the shapes onto the walls and the lines would not have been visible anyway. The project is going well and going pretty fast so I'm hoping to have it wrapped up soon.





There's a lot of construction going on in the house where I'm painting so people are in and out quite a bit. A big plus is that the guys on the construction crew taped off the floor for me saving me a lot of prep time. I warned the woman I'm working for that I tend to be messy when I paint but that I'd have plenty of drop cloths to catch any falling paint. I've never been quite as messy as I was yesterday!!! I dropped the can of green paint not once, but twice! What a mess!!! I decided after the 2nd time it was time to call it a day. As I was cleaning up my supplies I spilled my soda all over the floor too.

Right now I'm working on the orange wall and 2 of the white walls I can access while the bed is shoved over by the door. After I finish all these walls I'll move the bed to another corner and work on the final wall, which is mostly closet and wardrobe space and will go very quickly...barring any more messes!




Here's the progress so far:

The corner by the window, before color is added. (Day 1)

Same corner, with the green and orange designs. Today I'll had her blue ovals and more coats of paint on the green and orange. If I can manage to keep enough green paint in the can to finish the job! (Day 2)

The corner between the orange wall and white wall before designs are added. This is the corner the bed will go in when I'm finished moving it all over the place. (Day 1)

Just waiting for the blue and white ovals to be added... (Day 2)

My mess. After it was cleaned up! :0)

More photos of this project coming soon!!