{"id":808,"date":"2012-04-04T23:46:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T04:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=808"},"modified":"2012-04-04T23:46:50","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T04:46:50","slug":"painting-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/04\/painting-progress.html","title":{"rendered":"Painting Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we’ve been painting the great room and kitchen of our house.<\/p>\n

Yes, it’s a rental, but all this time it’s been sterile white in color…EVERYWHERE and frankly it was getting on my nerves. \u00a0For starters, it shows EVERYTHING. \u00a0Every smudge, every scuff, every bump by a backpack, piece of furniture, etc. \u00a0Secondly, I like color. \u00a0I just do.<\/p>\n

It took us a couple months of phone and e-mail tag with our property manager and homeowners, but last week we got a go-ahead. \u00a0Dave and I didn’t waste any time getting the paint on Sunday. \u00a0As of tonight we’ve done about half of the job.<\/p>\n

Enjoy this before-and-after of our north wall, which includes the fireplace.<\/p>\n

Before:<\/p>\n

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All I could find of this particular wall was from Christmas. But you can see how white it all is...the fireplace is barely noticeable.<\/p><\/div>\n

In progress:<\/p>\n

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The variations in color are from the paint drying at different rates.<\/p><\/div>\n

Finished:<\/p>\n

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When the color dried. Nice and even...<\/p><\/div>\n

With everything back in place (except for that bookcase on the left).<\/p>\n

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I'll be working on the wall to the far left next. Our TV\/entertainment stuff is along that wall so hopefully I can just pull it forward about 2' and work behind it.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week we’ve been painting the great room and kitchen of our house. Yes, it’s a rental, but all this time it’s been sterile white in color…EVERYWHERE and frankly it was getting on my nerves. \u00a0For starters, it shows EVERYTHING. \u00a0Every smudge, every scuff, every bump by a backpack, piece of furniture, etc. \u00a0Secondly, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[153,208],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-d2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4068,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2016\/03\/diy-fireplace-transformation.html","url_meta":{"origin":808,"position":0},"title":"DIY Fireplace Transformation","date":"20 March 16","format":false,"excerpt":"We're at it again. 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