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painting is bloody knackering

I painted 80% of Dylans new bedroom today and I'm buggered. Couldn't do the top part of the wall because I didn't have anything to stand on (doh), and, despite a trip to Home Depot during which we managed to return without the thing we went for (ladder), gave up in favour of a fresh start tomorrow. Still have Harry's to do too. Got a nice blue colour going in the room though, and with the wood floor it'll look good.

Weird paint effects they have on walls in these West Coast houses btw, forget a flat wall it's all textured and blobby. Makes for hard work to paint as you have to do 2 coats otherwise there are places where the paint is doesn't go on quite as well.

Both G and I are rather daunted by the amount of work that needs doing to the place after spending the day there today. Upstairs is first on the agenda which merely requires painting throughout, wood floor laying, new skirting boards painted and attached, wallpaper stripping from 2 rooms and then probably fixing the drywall before painting, a kitchen ripping out and replacing, more wood flooring laid in the kitchen, 2 bathrooms ripped out and replaced, bug screens attached to every window, locks put on some windows which H could theoretically open and climb out of, one window removing and being knocked out and replaced with a door on to the deck and some sort of sealing type thing doing to the kitchen doors which open out on to the deck. So, not alot to do.. (!). I won't even touch on what needs doing downstairs because that's about twice as big a job again.

Having said that, the flooring is being done, the skirting boards are being done, and it won't be long before we get the upstairs looking pretty good, I think.