It All Began with a Placemat
April 06, 2007 Filed in: Personal
So my wife saw this placemat at Kohl's the other day.
We had to go to a couple of different locations, but we tracked down enough cloths and napkins for our needs (which aren't much), but it didn't stop there. Oh no. This placemat was the harbinger of much larger things. Indeed, before long, the placemat spread beyond its textile confines and onto our barren walls.
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There you see my wonderful wife in full inspiration mode. This wasn't any ordinary placemat we acquired. Indeed, it contained the Color Scheme to Rule All Color Schemes. At long last, the wife had the focus for her creativity, and the great Painting Project of 2007 was born.
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Feet got messy, and the corgi was even intrigued by the process. Actually, he was surprisingly good through our project! No paint ended up on corgi paws, a corgi nose, or even in a corgi mouth. He stayed cleaner than either of us! Here's how things finally turned out!
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We aren't quite finished, but the house looks much more welcoming without endless seas of eggshell white to greet us or guests. I managed to paint parts of our ceiling, so that'll have to be fixed, and the entryway still needs a lot of work. It won't take long, though. As I've learned with other rooms, once the wife gets her painting bug, she has a hard time letting go until everything is squared away!
We had to go to a couple of different locations, but we tracked down enough cloths and napkins for our needs (which aren't much), but it didn't stop there. Oh no. This placemat was the harbinger of much larger things. Indeed, before long, the placemat spread beyond its textile confines and onto our barren walls.
x
There you see my wonderful wife in full inspiration mode. This wasn't any ordinary placemat we acquired. Indeed, it contained the Color Scheme to Rule All Color Schemes. At long last, the wife had the focus for her creativity, and the great Painting Project of 2007 was born.
x
Feet got messy, and the corgi was even intrigued by the process. Actually, he was surprisingly good through our project! No paint ended up on corgi paws, a corgi nose, or even in a corgi mouth. He stayed cleaner than either of us! Here's how things finally turned out!
x
We aren't quite finished, but the house looks much more welcoming without endless seas of eggshell white to greet us or guests. I managed to paint parts of our ceiling, so that'll have to be fixed, and the entryway still needs a lot of work. It won't take long, though. As I've learned with other rooms, once the wife gets her painting bug, she has a hard time letting go until everything is squared away!