A new record?

This week I'm trying to set a new record.  I'm trying to completely finish painting a bedroom in one week.  I realize this sounds ridiculous (even to me), but in all my years of painting, I've never had to paint molding like this.  It just takes forever.

I'm used to knocking out rooms in 1-2 days.  It took me 3 weeks (3 weeks!!) to finish the master bedroom.  (There were a few special circumstances though, if you'll recall from previous entries.)

In order to keep myself motivated, when I finally finished the master bedroom, I picked the smallest bedroom next.  It also has the least molding.  I figured if I could completely finish in a week, the triumph would be invigorating.

Here is what I'm starting from:

My husband's been using this bedroom as a temporary office while we are here.

After one day of work: I deglossed the molding throughout the room, and got one coat of paint on both door frames and the window frame.

Honestly, painting this one's kind of killing me.  For one thing, the paint on the wall is in PRISTINE condition.  There are no nail holes, and only one nail, and it's in a location where I will probably be hanging something anyway.

And the other thing - I'm changing the paint color here from green to green.

I know this sounds pointless.  And I've almost talked myself out of painting the walls several times.

But recently my mom asked me what colors I like.  And I answered her honestly - I like every color!  But I don't like every shade of every color.  For some reason, I just don't like this room.  I just don't.  It's not a bad color, I just don't feel happy when I walk in and see it.

It's hard to tell from the pic, but the wall color is a green with a yellowish tint, kind of like the inside of a less-ripe avocado.  Also, all the walls in this house were painted in paint with a flat tint, which somehow manages to make a dark house appear even darker.

The paint with a little bit of a glossy tint should reflect more light, and hopefully, brighten things up a bit.  It made a huge difference in the master bedroom.

Ok, enough posting.  Time to open the paint can!