A blog a day #10 - Painting (finally)

It only took two months after the plastering was finished but I finally got round to painting the kitchen. It’s fresh plaster so needs the full two coats of primer and topcoat. I’ve also painted over the bright red wall in there too. Who paints their walls bright red!?

Anyway, I made a start finally, spurred on by the fact I now have a holiday to pay for and funds can’t stretch to getting a professional decorator in. But man, I hate painting. It’s tedious beyond words. If it was just a case of whacking up a bit of matte topcoat, no bother. But it’s all the mundane bits beforehand; filling holes, cracks, smoothing them out, cleaning the wall, the aforementioned primer etc. and then waiting hours in between coats. Yawn.

I shouldn’t moan. It was previously artex all over in a minging puke-y colour. Much better white and smooth.

So that was my Friday. Well, I managed to progress on Resident Evil Village too! I think I’m getting close to the final boss. How exciting a life I live.

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