*More sleep deprived posting*
So, I seem to have finally found a way through the incredible inertia which seemed to be preventing me from actually painting the wood trim upstairs. Well, prepping and painting it.
The main problem was that it seemed like an insurmountably large job. If you’ve ever looked at a 1930’s house, a fairly trad one (not a modernist beastie) there’s more wood in them than you can shake a stick at. Entire forests of carefully turned, shaped and profiled pine cover joints, door frames, skirting and panelwork. It’s fairly fearsome how much trim there is.
In fact, every time I contemplated the job, or starting it, I felt that sort of sinking ‘how many years is it going to take me to sand that whole thing’.
But now, now I’ve come up with a plan. I’m doing it a bit at a time. I make a blendable end at the end of each section but have now made it to the second door frame. Sadly there was a bit of a run in my paint on the previous section (gah) and a bit of a run that I didn’t manage to sand smooth enough in the old paint – so I sanded that this afternoon and then redid that section.
It’s not the ideal way to go about it, but I’m just pleased to be making progress again. And I really like the red upstairs; it adds some definition to what was otherwise a slightly bland space. I love our paint choices but they only really work when the contrasting colours are added :)
