At all.
Last night I started painting this which by the way is much larger than it appears -
Anyways - I didn't want to paint it the same old - same old...................
So I mixed Paris Grey ( chalk paint ) and Old Violet ( I think that's what it's called - not sure now - and you'll know why in a minute ) anyways I didn't measure ( I always measure ) because the mixture came to a whole tin ) I definitely had enough to do two of these end tables and 1 ladies dresser - no problemo........
I couldn't sleep so this was going on at roughly 3 o'clock in the morning...........
It made the most gorgeous color - a light grey / lavender - really pretty!
Here's a photo of it next to regular Paris Grey
I painted the one end table - and then decided I should put the paint tin on the table because it's dangerous with the dog to leave it on the floor and I'm very careful with my paint.
I've never had an accident.
I paint furniture in my house after all so I HAVE to be very diligent with these things -
So off I go to the dining room and promptly trip on the area carpet - and I can actually FEEL the paint slipping from my hand - like slow motion - BUT I'm not panicked because I have another hand that can grab it, right?
Wrong -
Terribly wrong.
Dreadfully wrong.
Because although it feels like it's happening in slow motion - it's really only a blink of an eye
while I'm playing court jester and sort of juggling it in two hands - I see it land on the wall and I think - well at least it didn't touch the chair - and that's not so bad - but now paint has spilled down the sides of the paint can and my hands are slip.............................
sliding
away
( you know the nearer the destination )
the more you're slip sliding away.................
And after that minute passes I start freaking out - OH MY GOD - OH MY GOD - OH MY GOD..........
John's in bed obviously - and I'm running up and down the hall filling a bucket - OH MY GOD OH MY GOD - and I'm on my hands and knees and wringing the cloth - and then running back to the sink to put fresh water in the bucket - and every time I run back I notice more and more paint on the hall floor..........
OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD
Maybe it had something to do with the next photo...................half a quart people - of CHALK PAINT - gold.
I actually scooped up some paint with a spoon off the carpet - in a house where I have a dog that's shedding enough hair to create a new carpet to replace the one I've ruined.................
DO NOT LOOK AT MY BUNIONS......................or how white I am - I haven't sat in the sun at all this summer - but this is giving me an idea - I may just paint myself with COCO - for an instant tan.
It was also dripping off my nightgown.
I have half a quart left................to do another table and a ladies dresser..............it may or may not have dog hair incorporated into the finish.
Did I mention I did not follow a recipe this time?
And on a final note - you know you're a blogger when..................
In the midst of a crisis the first thing you run for is your camera.
( and ONLY a blogger could ever possibly understand that )
and then sit down to write up a post.................
nice color though, right?
UPDATE:
It's the next day - I've just gotten up -
and the first thing out of John's mouth is this ( I swear to you )
" you know you really shouldn't leave paint tins on the floor - it's dangerous "
and for a moment - the briefest moment you can imagine - really it may have been only seconds even - I thought of smacking him in the head..................
SERENITY NOW.................
Time to Party!!!
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