"Painting the Office Butter Cookie"

As promised, pictures from our adventure painting Sister's office.

Of course, we had to start the morning with Starbucks!



Beth checking out paints at Sherwin Williams. Thankfully, she'd already chosen a color and Sherwin Williams just matched it, but we HAD to look. As you read in Saturday's post, I LOVED the pinks, but Beth was actually looking at a beige here. BTW, after nightmare experiences at places that sell paint AND other stuff, including Sear's, I recommend that you go to a PAINT STORE for your paint.

Beth's office before. It's hard to describe the shade, but it was a grayish-white that looked like it had lived a hard life. If I were having to name it, I would call it "Rode Hard and Put Up Wet White."

It's me, standing on top of the desk, stripping the walls. I did a GREAT job removing pictures and spackling the holes. Notice the mod hammer Sister gave me to use! Despite the fact that there areno other pictures of me working, I DID help.

Sister gettin' busy! Somewhere along the way, we realized we needed a ladder and called out for reinforcements (and lunch), but she wasn't going to waste any time!

Beth, sitting on top of a bookcase, again throwing to the wind any notion of needing a ladder!


Although she may be having second thoughts...

Look in the dictionary under "improvise," and you will see this picture. Beth stood on the door knob while I moved her back and forth. The look on her face is one of exasperation that I get quite often; I was taking too long to get the picture and she was about to fall off.

Sister's office after. Butter Cookie. The pictures don't show a huge difference, but it really was a huge improvement. It was cleaner, brighter and just had a better mood!

Sister's best "We Can Do It" pose. Wait. No. She's just showing off after her collision with the wet wall!

And the best news is that I DIDN'T really break out (not yet, anyway), thanks to the preventative Prednisone pills. My face started to burn before we left on Saturday, and I did get a bump or two, but NOTHING compared to previous bouts. (Knock on wood and pass the Prednisone!)