Let There Be Pink! – ¡Hágase la Rosada!
Last Monday our painter arrived bright and early and started the painting prep. The preparations that had to be done before we could even start painting were one of the biggest reasons that I hired this job out. I was happy to have him do the caulking, patching and sanding.
Hace una semana el pintor llegó bien temprano y empezó la preparación de pintar. Fue por la preparación que decidimos pagar a alguien por pintar y no hacerlo nosotros mismos. Estaba feliz de que él estaba echando la calafateo, rellenando agujeros y lijando.
The next day he came back to paint. I was thrilled when I walked into the living room to see the fresh paint – apparently too excited to take a good picture.
El día siguiente volvió para pintar. Terminó ese mismo día y me llené de alegría cuando entré en la sala para ver las paredes rosadas – aparentemente estaba demasiado emocionada para tomar una foto buena.
Then, I walked into the bedroom. Oops! Can you see the problem?
Llena de emoción pasé al dormitorio y no me gustó lo que vi. ¿Puedes ver el problema?
Maybe you can see better in this picture. It seems the can of paint that I pulled out in the dark before leaving for work was not the bedroom paint. The painter said that he thought the color was off, but he thought that it would dry to match the existing paint. Nope. Not even close to the same color. Unfortunately, I had no idea what the paint color was, and that room was painted before I started this blog, so… what to do. I will let you know how we solved this dilemma in a future post.
A lo mejor se puede ver mejor en esta foto. Parece que la lata de pintura que saqué en la oscuridad antes de salir para el trabajo no era de la pintura del dormitorio. El pintor me dijo que había notado la diferencia al comenzar a pintar, pero que pensaba que se secaría bien. ¡De ninguna manera! No era ni parecida al color original. Desafortunadamente, yo no tenía ni la menor idea de qué color era y habíamos pintado el cuarto antes de empezar este blog así que… ¿qué podía hacer? Te dejaré saber cómo lo resolvemos otro día.
Back in the living room, we thought that now would be the time to make any changes in furniture arrangement, since several pieces weigh as much as an elephant or at the very least an infant rhino.
De vuelto en la sala, pensábamos que sería buen momento de cambiar las posiciones de los muebles porque hay varios que pesan tanto como un elefante o mínimo un bebé rinoceronte.
The room did not stay that way, but you will see more in another post. I am sorry to leave you hanging with everything, but I am busy creating an exam for my students. Later, this week I will be grading said test, so we will see when I finally have time to finish setting up these rooms.
Los muebles no se quedaron como están en estas fotos, pero tendrás que esperar para ver cómo se quedó todo. Siento dejarte colgada, pero estoy muy ocupada creando un examen para mis alumnos. Más tarde en la semana tendré que corregir dicho examen, así que no sé cuándo voy a tener tiempo para terminar de arreglar todo.
Happy Homemaking!
¡Espero que todos tus sueños caseros se cumplan!
I hope you solve your paint issues soon because the gorgeous living room furniture needs to be shown off by a beautiful background.
Thank you! The living room paint is actually perfect. The problem is finding the time to set everything up.
Oh dear, what a shame about the bedroom paint color. Hopefully there will be an easy, or at least cheap, resolution. I’m glad the other painting went well and yes, all the prep work is a killer. Good decision on hiring it out.
The solution took a bit of investigating, but thankfully it was not expensive. My recommendation is to document everything!
oooo a mystery in the bedroom! a great time to choose a new color? living room is looking fab!
Maybe I should not have built up the suspense so much. It might be a letdown! Lol. Choosing a new color would have meant moving all of the furniture in that room too, and I could not stand to have the whole house in complete disarray.
The living room color looks gorgeous! I love the photo of Ponche closely supervising your painter. Yes, painting prep is a pain. I’ll be getting back on my painting projects in a few weeks, and I’m both looking forward to it and dreading it.
Do you have tenants in your upstairs apt again? (Unrelated question!)
Thank you! Ponche made sure he did a good job. We have had the same tenant upstairs since July 2016. She is great.
Since 2011 I have documented every color, technique, and purchase on the blog so I can just “search” for it. Jo @ Let’s Face the Music
Such a good idea. I have done the same since 2012, but before that I was not as good at documenting as I should have been.
blogs make that so easy, i love being able to search mine for past projects, ideas, and paint colors!
The living-room looks fresh and bright with its new coat of paint. I’m wondering what you decided on the bedroom paint…