A Fresh Coat of Paint

Photo via Heliosentrisme

I think the perfect space may be a gallery with freshly painted white walls and very little else. I remember painting the studio walls white in art school. It was easy since you didn't have to worry about trim and the floors were already covered in paint

House painting is another story. I've spent the past two weekends painting a room and still need to finish the trim. I really hate house painting. All of it. The prepping, taping, cutting in, painting and clean up. Except the final product. There is something so wonderful about a fresh coat of paint pristine gallery or tv room at home. 

I Want to Paint it Black

I spent the holiday weekend getting a root canal and taking on a difficult home improvement project that involves some pesky walls. The walls are, after much difficulty, finally primed with white paint. They will eventually be a very pretty cream color with white trim. The combination that reminds me of English row houses and is very calming unlike the painting process to date.

So why the pictures of black walls? The whole time I've been sanding, scraping, stripping and washing down these hard-to-tame walls, I've been dreaming of painting them black. Well actually just one of the four. I think it's a good thing the cream paint has already been purchased, because while I like black walls, I don't think the house needs any more character at present.

Photo 1 via Four Walls and a Roof
Photo 2 via Just Beautiful Things
Photo 3 via Artnlight