I have always loved paint. I love that you can take something boring and make it fun. I love the smell of paint. I love paint on my hands. Around the age of 10 I started painting my room every year or two. The first time I painted my room I painted it Shamrock Green. When I was 14 I moved into the attic. I painted the flat walls purple, and using a stamp I made in the shape of a sun I painted darker purple suns. I painted the tilted walls yellow, with orange suns. I painted the baseboards lime green. It was absurd. I loved it. When I got married my dad told my husband to get used to carrying a paint bucket.
Now, as an adult, I paint my living spaces and things I find at the thrift store. We are living in a small rental house right now, but preparing a more permanent move back into the house we bought 4 years ago. We don't have very much furniture and what we do have is old. I have several projects planned, and thought I would start a blog to chronicle the painting of all the things.
I'm starting with a wooden rocking horse that I bought at the thrift store for $1.98. After that, some furniture, and eventually the walls in our new (old) house. I will try to discuss process as much as possible and share what brands of paint I use and tricks along the way.
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