Flowers… by Walker: May 3, 2012
Okay, so technically this should be called Flowers… by Walker and Erika but I will let him take the credit anyway. While we were out and about this weekend, we picked out some BEAUTIFUL irises to brighten the kitchen. We picked a combination of plain yellow and a gorgeous indigo (look at me getting all fancy with my color names!) with a yellow stripe. I am so glad I took pictures when we first brought them home because they were delicate and faded quickly. But they were so stunning for a few days so I couldn’t help sharing them with you all!
Meanwhile in commode-city, we are getting the paint situation under control with patience and a steady hand (with a tiny paint brush!). Reveal post soon, I promise!
Please excuse the bad pictures but I didn’t really have the heart to spend a lot of time and energy photographing this sad paint job. This failure of epic proportions was a combination of two things. The surface we painted on was not ideal… there was very glossy but cheap paint on the walls before (thus the reason it came off the walls too!) that practically repelled our new paint. If this were not a rental, we would have sanded it down to the drywall and started over. Sadly, this wasn’t really an option and, sadly, it obviously didn’t work out too well for us. Secondly, life got in the way and I waited way too long to remove the tape after the second coat. I think part of me thought we may need a third coat so I kept it on. But alas, we did not and the paint was happier sticking to the tape than it was the crappy, slippery wall underneath.
