Just a Regular Rembrandt

I am moving. Moving from my shoebox of a bedroom into the vacant bedroom – WITH BATHROOM – in my house. In addition to having my own bathroom, I’ll get more square footage and a better closet. And if that weren’t enough to convince me to make the move, there is also the fact that I will be getting two eggshell-colored rooms whose walls and personalities I will be able to change with a mere roller and some pigmented liquid produced by Glidden. Not one, but TWO whole rooms to paint!!!

I made several trips to paint stores which resulted in hours of deliberation (I am a Libra, after all). I finally settled on a yellow for the bathroom and a pale green for the bedroom. I had the tools, I had the paint, and I was ready to give life-in-the-form-of-color to my future living quarters. I figured it was best to start with the bathroom, as it was smaller but tougher with all the details and fixtures to get around. I went in and applied blue paint tape anywhere necessary and put some plastic sheeting down, and let the fun begin!

Now it should be noted this bathroom doesn’t have a window. It should also be noted that I bought plain old paint, which smells like, um, paint. In my long quest of searching for just the right shade I discovered that not only do you have choice of color, but you also have the option of purchasing “fume free” environmentally friendly paints that don’t have ill-effects on the human mind and body while being applied and while they are drying. Well, being frugal, the only thing “green” about my paint choice was the color. I started painting with the exhaust fan on, but 15 minutes in I was a bit lightheaded and reconsidering my choice. The feeling passed, though, and I kept on going with the roller.

It took less than an hour to complete the roller part. After it was done, I went out to the backyard to clean up. Right as I was finishing washing out the roller and paint tray in the backyard, Mr. Blueberry Pancakes showed up. He and I had planned to have dinner together, and afterward he would help me paint if need be.

Well, God bless him, Mr. BP suggested some wine with dinner. So I opened up the last of my favorite Sattui wine... and we finished it. But oh no! I had not finished painting the bathroom! What to do? Why, finish painting it, of course!

Now, mind you, the only part I had left to do was the trim – go around the cabinets, shower, plumbing, etc. And I only had one paintbrush, so I told Mr. BP I would be finish up on my own, he could just go on and go to bed. And I took my Sattui-induced tipsiness downstairs to my enclosed, highly fumigated bathroom and got going!

I finished the job in a mere 15 minutes! Or so it seemed, to my drunken mind… because in reality, it was actually two hours. And also to my drunken mind, it looked fantastic – but I decided I would go to bed and decide how it really looked in the morning when I was a bit more sober!

And guess what? I woke up and it looked even better than I had hoped! AWESOME! With a little help from a Morisoli vineyard cabernet, I was a regular REMBRANDT. Haha! Guess I’ll be opening up another bottle before I tackle painting the trim for my bedroom!!