Door Painting

 

First off, I'd like to tell Donna what a headache joy it was to finally cross this off my own personal Gitter Done list.  The story:

Four years ago, when we were experiencing home remodeling purgatory the pleasure of having our home renovated, this job never got done.  What?  You say.  Yes, we reused some old doors--  let's stop for a moment of silence, shall we?  While we ponder why the former owner painted water-based paint over oil-based paint...  For sure, Fun-Sized Chick's door is still in this state.  I tried to scratch off a hair that got painted in and the new paint came right off.  You know, some things just are not worth doing well.  I painted right over that spot.  At this point, I'd rather buy new doors and have them rehung, then try to fix this problem. 

Oh wait.  BEFORE we even get to this part of the story, we must back up further to point out that the construction crew hung the doors upside down, yes, upside down.  I think another moment of silence is in order so we can say a prayer that God will bless these workers (read in a sarcastic tone, but know it your heart that that is the wrong attitude).  I happened to discover this and pointed out to my Darling Husband that it was odd that the door knob openings were about 3 ft. from the ceiling, NOT 3 ft. from the floor, where you'd expect them to be...

They are going from primer (white) to Sherwin Williams Rice Grain.

What I learned finishing up this thankless job:

1. I've failed at teaching my children to pick up their rooms (forget about making beds)
2. Girls shed.  A.  LOT.  Woe to me if I got too close to the floor and pick up -ewww- stray hairs in my paint roller
3. I've also failed at a) training them how to clean tile floors & baseboards & b) following up to make sure said requested cleaning actually was accomplished
4. When your grown up child moves back in and moves college-residing child out, moved-out-child's stuff ends up all over the loft, making it difficult to maneuver through paint pathway.
5. It would be appropriate to queue up Psycho movie music when on Day 2 realized that one door to the girls' commode area was overlooked
6. Paint that spatters UP in your face, goes near your eye, does NOT look like a cute reverse beauty mark (think Marie Osmond), but looks more like you are doing early prep on your bride of Frankenstein Halloween makeup after you try to brush it off!

Note:  Objects in photo are younger than they appear.   Mission accomplished, or should I say, "Gotter Done!"  Eight doors painted.  I just need to remove the tape around the knobs and give that blasted forgotten door one more coat.  Edited to add:  Donna's party is Sept. 8 -- there was a mix up in dates, so this is posted early.


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