Lessons In Painting

Thank you those of you who offered painting advice. In all honestly, I relied heavily on your guidance. My five-day painting marathon earlier this month taught me a thing or two:

1. Letting your two-year-old watch Tangled ten times in one week isn't the worst dilemma in the world of parenting.
2. Having your two-year-old get into the paint just might be.
3. Home Depot rocks. Those employees know their stuff.
4. For taping, nothing compares to Frog Tape.
5. It really is possible to do trim without tape, if you have a good brush.
   
6. Sherwin Williams and Purdy paint brushes are amazing.
7. Beginning your painting project on a weekend when you have a family baptism, a hair appointment, and other meetings may not be the best timing.
8. In the end, it is just paint. It can be covered up.

Per Megan's suggestion, I'll post a few pictures of the painting project. I had to snap these pictures right after I cleaned, because I knew that within five minutes my house would be complete chaos again. :)

BEFORE:

AFTER:

(The color in the kitchen looks better than in these photos, I think. After finishing, I realized I really liked the gray and wanted to paint the gold wall in the kitchen gray, instead. But Matt prefers the gold, and I'm burnt out for now.)

Notice the gray wall above next to the door? I plan to stencil it and make it similar to the picture below.

Colors are by Glidden:
Brown-gray: Meadowlark
Light yellow: Tawny Birch
Gold: Grand Canyon