Just a quick check in to tell you that I finish the painting/redecorating and it came out really well...Much better than my first attempt, the downstairs bathroom (which came out alright).
Scott's room (aka the guest room) was a lot of fun but it was an unbelievable about of work. Apparently, getting 25 year old wallpaper off of a wall is a major pain in the ass. I had to take off the wallpaper, because it was only a wallpaper border on a painted wall. It was basically a six inch tall strip of wallpaper that went around the entire room (which isn't that big). You'd think that just getting a small border off wouldn't be that hard.
I'm not bullshitting when I tell you it took me at least 6 hours to get it all off. Unbelievable.
I had planned to get the job done slowly throughout the week, but I ended up getting a burst of energy Tuesday night, pulling an all-nighter, and getting the job done in about 48 hours. Luckily I had a day to recover before I had to be back to work.
Anyways, the work was worth it, I really think the room looks great. Pretty much by accident, I matched the paint color to the futon cover my Mother bought a few months ago, and to the color of the flowers on the table runner Mom put on the computer desk in here.
Hopefully when Mom gets home, she'll be able to get me some digital pictures of the room, so you can all have a look (I can do the grunt work, but I leave the technical work to the computer programmer extraordinaire).
Well, Mom and Dad get home tomorrow (technically today) from Florida, at about 11:00 pm. It will be great to have them back, it's weird being in a big house all by yourself.
- Rob
