A slow go

A few weeks ago, my son and I stripped wallpaper from the entryway and bathroom here at The House of Goodwill.  When we did, we found a few holes in the wall (that had just been covered over with paper).  Also, our wallpaper stripping removed some of the wall finish in a couple of places.

I hadn't been counting on that.

I had been hoping to be able to paint the walls right away, but after those discoveries I realized I needed to find someone to fix the walls first.

I had a meeting scheduled with someone to see the walls, but it wasn't till this week.  I ended up staying at home last week, since I couldn't do much to move forward at The House of Goodwill till the walls were repaired.

Since the wallpaper had only been on the upper 2/3 of the walls, there were no issues with the bottom 1/3, and I was able to paint that.  Something I could get done while waiting on the upper wall repair.

So far, I have been sticking with a purple, orange and green color scheme for the house.  But I've been wanting to add a little blue, so decided to use it on the bottom section of the entry.

Here's how the entryway looks, 1/3 painted:

I can't wait till this scaffolding is gone!  

It's been so helpful while I paint, but every time I need something from downstairs, I have to go outside and through the garage to get inside.

When my husband and son walked in and saw it for the first time, they loved it.  Each of them has told me at different times that it's their favorite color I've used yet in the house.

I was feeling hopeful, because when I finally met with the guy who is supposed to fix the walls this week, on Tuesday, he told me he could do it Thursday (yesterday) and that he'd be here at 8am.

Can you guess where this is going?

When had hadn't arrived yesterday, by 10am, I sent him a text asking when he'd be here.  He never responded.  I sent him another today and have yet to hear back. *sigh*  And this is somebody who was recommended to us too. 😕

So now what?  I'm not sure.

My brilliant organization idea...

There is one other positive improvement, though.

I'm finally getting *a little bit* smarter.  After years and years of painting houses, I have figured something out.  I used to paint rooms, and then several years after the original paint job, need to touch the paint up.  I'd go looking for my old paint cans, which sometimes I could find and sometimes I couldn't - but even when I could I often wouldn't be able to read the original label (with the paint "recipe" to have touch up paint mixed to match.

So now I take photos of my paint can labels BEFORE I even open the can.  Then I save the pics in a special album in my phone labeled "The House of Goodwill."  That way, when I need to touch up paint in the future, if I have no left over paint, I can just take the photo from my phone into the paint store so they can mix up the exact same paint formula.

I know, it's brilliant, right?

Sometimes (or always, I suppose), you've just got to focus on the positive.

A slow go - as long as it's in the right direction - is still moving forward.