I have spent the last couple of weeks getting close and personal with paint. My winter project is to paint the entire interior of our new home. The main bathroom was first and is completed with the exception of the custom made trim for the tub recess. Last Monday I started the kitchen that was originally supposed to be a pale taupe but thanks to my husband is now the same colour as our dinnerware, a deep and rich burgundy. After almost a full week of working on the kitchen, I'm exhausted. The room is turning out to be absolutely gorgeous (pictures to come shortly) but talk about a major pain in the keester! The real problem lies with the red paint itself.
Paints colours are mixed in a base of clear, white, medium or dark. Now the bathroom, a pale taupe mixed in a base of white covered nicely in two coats. The burgundy in the kitchen was mixed in a base of clear. The result was a thinner paint taking three coats to cover. Red in general when it comes to paint is just a royal pain. It needs a grey base coat primer if going over lighter colours and don't even think about skipping the primer unless you want to paint the walls about ten times. It really is not a good choice of colour for any area that will receive a lot of light as for some reason the red pigment is very, very prone to fading. Getting a nice, clean line is almost enough to pull your hair out as well. So a room that should technically have taken two days has taken me six days and there is still another two good days of work in the kitchen putting me a bit behind schedule for my winter project. Knowing how DIY projects go that two days will stretch out to four days.
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