Ready, Set, SPRAY!

Oh my gosh....as of this morning I was STILL doing prep work.  Let me just say...it's not easy to hang giant pieces of plastic by yourself, lol.  I had to look almost like a cartoon in there pulling the tape off of the plastic and trying to get the plastic to actually hang on the walls!

Finally I was ready to paint!

EVERYTHING was covered.

(I mean EVERYTHING)

Yes, I wasted time and made these tight fitting poster board covers that fit IN the drawer spots in the base cabinets.

I think they'll make it so much easier to spray against.

Can you tell how I taped everything off?  I put the tape ALL around the insides of the cabinets and cut the plastic to fit.  It took FOREVER!

I taped off the crown with some small rolls of paper that I have.  I think it's meant for around the baseboard, but it worked great this way too!

ARE YOU READY FOR THIS??

I also got the first coat of paint done!

Look at how messy that is!  It took about an hour and a half or so to spray everything.

I'm not sure that I've got the sprayer dialed in just where it needs to be.

I think it did a pretty good job though.  It probably helps that I'm using flat paint and floetrol.

Have I mentioned that even though this is so tedious I just know that I'll be glad I re-did these in the end?

The sprayer sure does put on a nicer finish.  Why didn't I get one of these sooner?

Finished!  I'll check them out in the morning light and decide if I need to do another coat or not. (I might as well just do another coat, cause I know I'm going to convince myself that they need it, lol)

 

Last event of the day....BIRTHDAYS!!

(and cake with two of the boys favorite pics that I took)

 

Happy Birthday to Jeff & Johnny Harman! (Jeff on the right, Johnny on the left)  Jeff's birthday is today and Johnny's is tomorrow.  Where did the past year go?  Seems like we were just celebrating these SAME two birthdays  :)