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Date: 14 May 2005 19:26:07
Well, not quite (for those Brits who know the home improvements show), but this afternoon I did spend time painting a wall bright orange. My church has a new full-time curate starting next month, and the curate's flat has been uninhabited for a good few years and (to put it mildly) is in a bit of a state. So over the next few weeks people from church are painting and scraping and generally tarting the place up, and this afternoon was my turn. I volunteered despite having pretty much no decorating experience whatsoever - my current house is a newbuild so was magnolia all over which, whilst not my choice was not offensive so didn't need decorating, and all my previous ones have been rented. I figured that next time I move and buy somewhere the chances are it won't be a newbuild, and the chances are the previous owner's taste in decor won't be mine so I will need to get decorating at least some of it, so I may as well get a bit of experience now. So, along with a friend J (I really did appreciate having someone to talk to whilst I was perching precariously on my ladder) I painted a bedroom ceiling (not bright orange you'll be relieved to hear, although I gather the walls will be bright red) and then did the orange wall (in the kitchen - one wall there will be orange and then the whole dining room will be the same colour too). I know it sounds daft, but I didn't really know about stuff like paint trays and brushes and rollers and all that, so it was really good for me to do, I learnt loads (even washing the paint rollers, Smudgie!). And, bizarrely maybe, it has given me a bit more enthusiasm for the idea of selling here (even though I know I'll cry my eyes out when I go) - I actually had a lot of fun today, and seeing a mucky brown ceiling become white was SO satisfying!, and so at the moment I actually feel quite enthusiastic about the thought of finding somewhere else and doing it up. What with also feeling a bit more like it's time to move on from my job, regardless of whether or not the PhD happens, it has led me to feeling an awful lot less stressed about the future.
And note to self for the future: Dulux Eastern Spice :D