13 Mar 2011
Posted by Dave under Dave's Thoughts,Mr. FixIt
Patchin’ & Paintin’
Despite Balzac Billy’s dire predictions regarding how much more winter we might have to endure, there are some signs that Spring may arrive – some day. With the clocks springing forward early this morning and the lengthening days, I guess winter will have to eventually give up.
I suppose the other sign of changing seasons is the urge to deal with some of those projects that have been lingering all winter. One of those is our main floor powder room. Some time ago, the kids ripped the toilet paper holder out of the drywall and I managed to procrastinate on the repair for quite a while. A couple of weeks ago I finally patched the hole and of course that meant the patch needed to be painted. And a little more procrastinating ensued.
It’s such a small room and the paint was the original from when the house was built. So, one thing led to another and we ended up with new colours and the nasty, cheap, 90’s vintage “bulbs on a stick” light fixture got targeted for destruction. Anyway, yesterday I finished up and the results are pretty good. The patch is only noticeable if you know to look for it and the new colours and lighting are a nice improvement.
Only trouble is, while mudding the patch I accidentally wandered around the entire main floor filling dings and dents in the walls. The whole place looks like it has a bad case of white freckles – now the only way out of this mess is more paint. Ah well, it might keep us from noticing that it’s still winter outside!