Painty Fresh

Recipe for weekend plus+:

• Begin when spouse asks you to "primer" the quarterround that will go around the base of the bar (which is looking pretty spiffy).
• While on the back porch with the paintbrush, think, "Hey. Why not touch up those two or three spots on the white wrought aluminum patio table where the paint is peeling?"
• So. Dab a bit of white primer on the spots. Notice that the white bits make the rest of the table look shabby.
• Primer rest of table. Notice that table being all white and happy makes chairs look shabby.
• Primer chairs.
• Plan to spray paint with white "outdoor paint" later, after primer dries.
• While primering, notice really pretty detailing on chairs that is not seen because all of it is white.
• Plan to add slight "off white" touches to detailing to bring it out. Should make it look cool, "shabby chic."
• Get covered with paint. Fingernails painty-white. Clothing speckled. Hair has paint in it too. (Attractive, no?)

Damn those home-improvement urges. Curse you Home Depot and your cluttered shelves of handy-dandy paint swatches!! Now I want to redo the bedroom, too. (I am, after all, going to be waiting at least a week till Dissertation Director gets back to me on the draft I turned in last Tuesday.) I am thinking of "harem chic" for the bedroom. All luxury and shiny and tassles and flowy satin. In rich purples and reds, I think.

But you know what that means, don't you? Later this week, my fingers will be covered in deep golds (which is the color I want to do the walls in the bedroom.) Wanna come help? There will be "Sponge brushing" going on. (On the walls, dear. Keep it clean, this is a family blog).