Is it weird to have a date night at Lowes?If so, we’re in trouble.Before anymore progress could be made on the kitchen, the walls needed paint.We took our samples of cabinet wood and granite and set off to find a perfect wall color at Lowes. When I came across a shade of beige entitled “Earl Grey”, and I couldn’t resist.As an avid tea drinker, it was a fitting hue.Colors can be deceiving, though.After painting a section of the wall, it looked really dark.Once paint is mixed at Lowes, it is not returnable, so we bought cans of white paint and mixed two parts white to one part Earl Grey.I guess that makes it a London Fog.So, maybe our next date night will be spent drinking tea lattes in our freshly painted room.
When Mallory was asked why he climbed Mt. Everest, he quipped, “because it was there.” That’s not nearly as poetic as our housing venture, but it seems just as challenging to Clint and me. The vintage 1914 home was purchased at the height of the housing bubble—smart, we know. It is an ugly duckling home, but on its way up the amphibian hierarchy. I am setting a fairly optimistic goal of completing the remodel in 52 weeks. Friends and family insist that while it is my journal, it’s a goal imposed on Clint, as he is the one doing most of the work. This is a minor detail, and I see it as fulfilling my role as personal motivational speaker. So, with 6 months of matrimony under our belts, and 2010 spread before us, we begin our journey.
Is it weird to have a date night at Lowes? If so, we’re in trouble. Before anymore progress could be made on the kitchen, the walls needed paint. We took our samples of cabinet wood and granite and set off to find a perfect wall color at Lowes. When I came across a shade of beige entitled “Earl Grey”, and I couldn’t resist. As an avid tea drinker, it was a fitting hue. Colors can be deceiving, though. After painting a section of the wall, it looked really dark. Once paint is mixed at Lowes, it is not returnable, so we bought cans of white paint and mixed two parts white to one part Earl Grey. I guess that makes it a London Fog. So, maybe our next date night will be spent drinking tea lattes in our freshly painted room.
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