One down

It took 2 weeks and 2 gallons of paint but we’re done.  The baby’s room is painted.  It really is the most astoundingly horrible room to paint.  The walls are stuccoed (sort of).  By sort of, I mean I imagine the 65 year old walls were looking kind of rough and rather than gut the room or try and patch all the problem areas, the former owners applied various random swirls of plaster to the wall.  I like to think a professional would have smoothed out the edges around the ceiling, doors, and baseboards because I can’t fathom why someone would leave various and assorted ridges that make taping impossible and cutting in with a brush a nightmare knowing what it would be like to try and paint the chaos they just created.  Even after 2 coats, there were still dimples and ridges that avoided the roller swipe, requiring tedious brush dabs.  BUT, we got it done.  There is still several big to-dos left on the room, but that was first on the list.  Now, we can get moving on the rest.