Uh, oh. . .
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 06:39PM About a half hour before it was time to clean up and come in for the day, it happened. I spilled a can of paint--all down the front of me. Thankfully, most of it hit me and the ladder and the drop cloth, but some of it splashed on the freshly painted garage. I was dripping with paint, and couldn't really walk too far without spreading the mess, so I called Sam on my cell phone and he helped me squirt down the side of the garage with water and get the most of it cleaned up. What a mess! The garage will need a bit of touching up, but other than that, it wasn't that bad, all things considered.
What is bad is that the trim color is totally unacceptable. Can't use it. Don't like it. Not sure how I ever thought I would now that I see it. So now I have two cans of custom mixed paint for which I will have to find a use. Maybe I can use it in the basement or something. . .
So now I'm choosing a new trim color--again. The good news is I LOVE the color of the house itself, as well as the accent color.
Tomorrow will be a day off from painting. We've got errands to run in the morning and a movie to see in the afternoon.
Reader Comments (7)
Oh Kim, I'm sorry to hear about your paint spill. My husband is a painter and it is such a mess to clean up. If you don't like the trim paint color- will you be able to use it elsewhere? Or it just doesn't go with the new house color?
Enjoy your day off tomorrow- and HP!
Oooh! Can we see pictures? I loooove anything that is freshly painted. Can you add something - another colour, white? - to the bad trim colour to change it or is it a total write off?
Yay Sam for coming to the rescue. :) What a good man.
Enjoy your movie!
Oooh...I want photos.
Another vote for photos!
Oh, Kim...what a shame...about the paint spill and the unfortunate trim color. But its a good thing you had your cell phone in your pocket! I never would have. And good that Sam could come to the rescue.
You really, really deserve today off after all that! And since its pouring down rain this morning, its a good thing that this is working out to be the day off too! Enjoy it!
Oops about the spill and now you have two cans of oops paint. I love buying oops paint at Home Depot for $5.00 a gallon. Have fun at HP today!!
Another vote for pics!
And I love your header!