... sooooo ... let's paint the darn thing on the inside ... only been about 27 years since these walls were constructed and painted their one and only time! We have had the downstairs ceilings painted due to water damage and we DID go nuts a while back and take it upon ourselves to paint the kid's bedrooms and our bedroom ... but Carolyn was never happy with the walls in our bedroom and then there is this tacky (very 1980's) wallpaper in the kid's bathroom, the master bathroom and in the wet bar area ... Carolyn NOW really hates wallpaper ... and hey ... those kitchen cabinets look dated as well ... so ... let's paint it all ... we'll add some accent wall colors, get the wallpaper removed ... it'll be swell ... uh huh ...
So ... got a recommendation from my buddy Pete about a good painter ... called 'em up, owner came out to see what we wanted, exchanged a buncha emails with modifications and negotiations on the bid ... signed the final bid ... agreed on the date the painters would arrive ... and ... "... got hung up on another job so will start a week later than planned ... oh, by the way ... the kitchen cabinets we are gonna paint ... ya'll have to empty those completely before we can start ... see you next week..."
Oh crap ... these cabinets have been 'collecting' things for 27 years ... particularly the lower cabinets that have about a zillion 'collector's plates' my grandmother had and we are afraid to get rid of 'cause sure as hell when we do we'll discover one of them is worth $1,000,000 at auction ... so ... two days of boxing up all our kitchen cabinets and cramming stuff in the craftroom, the music room, all over the place ... done ...
Next day painter is supposed to come ... I'll call to confirm ... "... oh no sorry ... still hung up on that other job BUT he'll be there Monday for sure ... " ... uh huh ... Sunday night .. RINGGGGGGG ... "... painter is sick ... he'll be there Tuesday for sure ..." ^&*(*&^&*()(*&*() ... uh huh ...
Steamed a bit and then called painter office ... "have owner call me .. I ain't happy!!' .... RINGGGGGGGG ..." Mr Millsap?..." "... I ain't happy ... here's what we're gonna do ... we're going to ADD the kitchen fur down, behind the refrigerator AND the cabinets in the master bath ... and all this will be at the same price as already agreed to ... " ... "ok they will be there tomorrow!" ...
And they were ... but we're now about 13 days behind our planned schedule and through no fault of her own Carolyn had planned a trip to visit Brandi to coincide with the end of the painting project ... so now ... it will be in the middle of the project and oh joy it'll be me, the cat and the painters for a few days ...
The photo's below show the mess as the wall paper comes down and the kitchen cabinets are empty and primed ... more to follow as progress is made ...
