The Paint Slowly Dries.......

And so does the Spackle.....Today is boring. I spackled the cracks in the bedroom and did a rough coat on the dormer. The humidity is high because of the monsoons. It'll take a while.

I believe that Zar and Beau have voted to dump the Midnight Blue color that I tried on one wall before I dressed the bed. It has to be a lighter color so that the headboard will stand out.

I taped up a spare piece of plywood to see if I would like the staircase wall better without the cutouts. I definitely do. The room needs more wall space to put furniture against. Zar needs a chest of drawers or an armoire to store his clothes.

I decided to repaint the walls of the dining room while I was waiting on the bedroom. I went through all of my paints and looked for colors that I thought might do. I did Tessie's trick of putting three colors on the wall to see which I liked best. I think that we have both been watching way too much HGTV(House and Garden Television). You see that on just about every decorating show. Amazingly, the designer is always right. She manages to change the mind of the homeowner, even if the color that she likes is one that they positively hate. Personally, I think that the producers tell the people that they will repaint for free afterwords if it is yucky. Just a theory. The designer can't always be right.....

OK. Back to painting. I decided on a discontinued color of Ceramcoat called Georgia Clay. It's a little redder and a bit darker than terracotta. The photo is not completely the true shade, but close.

Am I the only one that has noticed a drastic reduction in color selection of Ceramcoat paint at Michael's? It seems to be about 1/3 of the space that they used to carry. I noticed the other day that they are carrying something with the brand name "Craft Paint". That is fifty nine cents a bottle. I bought one bottle to see if the stuff is worth using or throwing out. I haven't tried it yet though.

Anyway, before the paint even had a chance to dry, the conspiracy twins were back in there. They brought a smaller table, dogs to clean the floor if they dropped anything, and a pizza. They reported that the paint did the requisite job of making them hungry. They've heard it said that red stimulates the appetite. They also say that blue and green are calming.

Maybe I should paint everything green and blue. If the stories are true, I could lock Tessie and Zar in a blue room and get masses of work done. Somehow I think that this is just another one of the dynamic decorator myths that they spread to get you to pay them to repaint.

I seem to be rambling. I need to get back to work. Where's the blue paint?

See you tomorrow.