painting pro's

i bought a huge 5-gallon tub of paint for our basement probably 6-months ago.

and then..... nothing.we used the excuse that indoor painting is a job for when the weather cools, but of course there's more than that. :) anywho, we decided to get started with our monster basement painting project on friday during little girls naps.

prep work.

(ps - i hate taping. i think i am more sloppy when there's tape and i don't see a need for it. that is all.)

gettin' 'er done!

matt did the top, i did the bottom, and the kids did the middles.

about an hour into our painting gig, these guys showed up!

(2 sets of missionaries!)

months ago (probably right around the time i bought the paint!) we had bid on some missionary service hours at a yw service auction, so we finally made good on it.

turns out 6 adults (missionaries can be considered adults, right?) and 2 teens can get a lot painted in a few hours!

that night after we went to bed, christian screwed all the outlet covers back on, vacummed, put all the furniture back, and moved the furniture from the other wall so we can easily paint the rest when we're ready. which will hopefully be this saturday!
ps - i love our paint! i copied neighbor jana's color because i have such a hard time picking paint!!!
and i say if you see paint that you like, go with it!