Fun with Paint

I made the attempt to paint the livingroom and hallway with a lovely colour of paint, called Cherry Cobbler. Unfortunately, it ended up looking terrible. It was streaky and didn't cover, and was just all around horrid. Come to find out it was the type of paint we were given, and the primer the store gave us. We ended up going to Benjamin Moore to get different paint, and see if they could give us better advice. We walked out with new paint, and a slightly different colour. It wasn't as red, and is a much warmer colour. It seems to have a much more brown base. But, it covers like a dream! The first coat looks absolutely wonderful. The only reason for a second coat is to make sure everything is covered and blended well, and to just get rid of any little imperfections that may be lurking. It should only take me about 45 minutes tomorrow to put on that last coat of paint. Yay! And then we will finally be done.

We bought some nice lovely linen curtains. And the trim colour we chose is quite close to a linen colour. I think it should look nice, and the linen colours will give the room a bit of brightness without it being that bold, in your face white. We have decided on a couch that is a faux leather, and it's a dark brown colour. It's a sectional, but on a bit of a smaller scale. One side of it looks more like a chaise, so it's a bit more to our liking.

Just a few more days and the history exam will be complete, and we will be heading on our way to VA for Christmas. It will be nice to be able to see people down there. We were able to catch up a bit in August, but it is always so long between visits. Next year will probably be even worse. We probably won't make it down for Thanksgiving, just because we have to take time off school. If Joe is in the Masters program, then odds are we won't be able to get the time off. But, we will definitely be able to go next Christmas. :)