Just do it

So last night I finally began officially on the master bedroom painting project.  This project has literally been on the books for YEARS.  When Ali was still living out at the house we used our inability to decide on a color as a reason to back burner painting the room for a long time.  That and the fact that I view painting as a major pain in the ass.

Well I decided to finally just bite the bullet, take a couple days off this upcoming weekend and like Nike says, just do it.

I eliminated the color debate by deciding to just use the warm, neutral sandy tan color that I used in the master bathroom and that is utilized in most of the main living area.  No it isn’t splashy or daring but I think it will look good.

So last night after dinner I started the prep process.  I removed smaller items from the bedroom and utilized furniture sliders to get the bigger things far enough away from the wall so I could work behind them.

I removed the outlet and switch covers.  Every time I have painted other rooms in the house I get annoyed during this part of the process with the builder.  Evidently whomever they contracted to do the painting in the house were lazy assholes.  When they applied finishing touches to the paint they didn’t bother to remove these plates to do so.  As a result a lot of them are stuck on the wall, requiring some work with an exacto knife to remove them.  I mean how f’ing lazy can you be, just remove the one or two screws….

I was wishing I wouldn’t have to bother with the walk in closet.  I know sometimes when a room is repainted people don’t even bother doing the closet. However since the door to my walk in closet is open all the time it would look like shit if I left it builders white.  I slowly worked on the tedious process of first removing all the items in it before disassembling the two layers of wire shelving.

When I was done I was surprised how big the space was since I had not seen it with bare walls since the house was built in 2001.

I found the process a bit depressing as well on several levels.  As I was cleaning stuff out of course I came across Ali items that have not yet found their way to her condo.  I piled them up in a box.  It is unavoidable that this triggered  feelings of sadness about the death of what once was, regardless of it’s necessity.

Plus the idea that I was going to be painting and doing all the associated ancillary work in this big f’ing area myself was nothing that excited me in the least.  I am just going to keep my head down and keep plowing forward until I emerge from the other side.

Ali picks up her new Volt today, I am excited for her.

You can follow all the pictures from the paint project here.