A Fresh Perspective

As promised, I am back today with pictures of my painting job!

Yesterday, after posting about our new molding, I headed over to our house to put the first coat of primer on the entire upstairs and the lower half of the bathroom downstairs.

Now, let me tell you, I never anticipated how long it would take me to do this. I was planning on heading over and being there for a couple of hours and then coming home to finish the rest of my to-do list. Ohh--no. No, no, no, no, no! I was very wrong.

Let's just say that seven hours later I was walking out of our house aching like I had just completed a full body workout. I arrived at 10:30 am all chipper and ready to go and left at 5:30 pm a walking zombie. Jonathan came to check on me as I was leaving and kept asking me if I was ok--yea, it was that bad. Apparently, I looked exhausted. Not to mention, I was also covered in little splatters of paint from head to toe.

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Except, I was exceedingly less excited and colorful. :) But, without further ado, her is our bedroom all decked out in a coat of primer. She is looking exceptionally bright, wouldn't you say? 

You know how I mentioned that Jonathan was really excited, when I told him about the trim option for our master bedroom? Well he was excited, because it would save him a lot of time. Yea, all that time I saved him? Well, it was added to my painting time. The first step in painting a room is always to paint whatever trim work there is. You have to make sure to also paint the corners as well. Basically, you take a paint brush and cover whatever you won't be able to use a roller on. It took forever to do this first step. 

I have to say, it felt great to accomplish the upstairs though. Jonathan said that it was very important to get the primer on asap because it will help him notice any flaws in the drywall. Now, he can go back through and repair anything that may showed up, as a glaring mistake, before we paint the final color. 

As far as the bathroom goes, Jonathan asked me to also throw a quick coat of primer on the lower half of the wall. The paneling that we ordered will be adhered to the wall using some kind of glue. Apparently, the glue attaches better to paint than it does to drywall. So that was on my priming list as well. Thankfully, all I had to do was spend five minutes throwing a quick, imperfect coat of primer up. No trimming involved here!

That felt like two seconds compared to all the work I had to do upstairs. 

Overall, I felt very accomplished yesterday. I also feel like everything is finally starting to come together! I am starting to really envision what the bathroom and master bedroom are going to look like when they are done. I can't wait. I also have decided that I am enjoying all of this work. Where some people may get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of work that needs to be done, I truly enjoy putting so much time into our future house.

As I was painting yesterday, this song by Miranda Lambert,  just kept playing over and over in my head. 

I kept thinking,  "Our children will probably grow up in this house. There will be so many memories and firsts for us in this place." So, as I worked, I focused on that thought. I want to put all of my love into our house because of what it means to us now and what it will mean in the future.

God has blessed us with so much and I am so thankful that I have this opportunity. Jonathan and I are in a very special place in our lives and I don't want to miss a day of it. So, instead of being overwhelmed and stressed, I am soaking it in. I wouldn't trade these days for anything.