Your loss is my gain!!

Oh, mama loves the 'oops' bin at the building supply stores! I not only found a five gallon bucket of grey exterior paint for $7.50 to paint my shed with the children this summer (stay tuned for that fiasco once the snow melts), but I also found the EXACT color paint I wanted for my bathroom for....

$1.25

Oh, yes, that is one dollar and twenty five cents. Ka-POW. I think I did a pretty darn good job of painting it, although there are the token Tessa ceiling spots. One day I will fix that, but I don't look up that often. Appologies for the camera phone picture. Rechargable batteries seem to not be my friend right now with the camera. Kinda gives it a hazy Hollywood effect, though. You can see my rockin' shower curtain in the reflection.




By the way, thank you Mommy for the awesome painting ladder you bought me for Christmas!! I am a barefoot painter, so it felt much better than my aluminum ladder. I'm a big fan of "making do," but you do need the right tools for the job. A nice 2.5-3" angled paint brush for cutting in, good rollers that aren't linty, a super ladder, and sleeping children. However long you think you will take to paint a little bathroom, double it. 'Tis better to still be painting at 2am than to rush the job because Royal is "helping" or Molly is waking up from nap or Sterling is needing something that desperately needs to happen at that exact moment. Dry as a bone by morning, ready to surprise the sleepy heads. Nothing beats waking up to a naked three year old sitting on the can saying, "Wow, Mommy, I really like the room! Echo, echo, echooooo!"


Now, what to paint my vanity? Toasted Almond?? Hmmm...