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Hey, look at that big pile o' snazzy! It's not totally what it looks like though. That's actually primer, not "real" paint. My original intention was just to prime the ceiling in the kitchen area (i.e. the back left corner) to ready it for texture. But I figured while I was at it, I may as well prime the walls. You'll notice there are parts I skipped- those areas will be concealed by cabinets and/or the monolith monster refrigerator.

Took forever though... here's the dumbest thing I've said on this blog yet: big houses are like, big. Makes for a lot of walls to paint! You can't tell from the photo, but I don't presently have 100% coverage on the walls. But I'm pretty sure it's not imperative since I'm painting a coat or two of white over it. I'm sure the primer did make a big difference though, as I'm covering dirt-brown; they must've gotten a deal for taking that horrid color off someone's hands! The walls are all going to be white with the exception of the one all the way on the right in the photo, which will be my chi-chi accent wall. I ain't fer sure yet on the color, but it's gonna be some shade of pale grayish greenish. Swimming pool-esque, but not too crazy intense.

Remember the granny cabinet? I finally fixed that area up tonight (sorry I didn't take a pic). The drywall behind it had never been finished, so it had exposed nail heads, a big untaped seam and no corner taping. Spent a couple hours on that tonight, and tomorrow I'll sand it, touch up the mud, then prime that too. It's gonna eventually get some nice finished-plywood shelving for the collection of cookbooks I do not actually own. One more reason I need to find a wife, right?*

*Brief editorial: I was pondering the other day how no woman in her right mind would tolerate the combination of mess along with my staggeringly erratic start 'n' stop work ethic. In a way, it's a good thing I'm currently single because if it wasn't she'd probably leave me and/or I'd never get it done. I know I actually have a number of kind female supporters, but trust me, if you had to be here for a week, you'd choke me. :)