To Paint or Not To Paint...

2 years ago, we purchased our first house.  House hunting with 3 kids, we quickly decided we weren't up to a fixer-upper.  We found a house that had been almost completely renovated, and with the exception of 1 room, the whole house was tan with white trim... even outside.  For me, the color is great.  Super easy for decorating.  The problem is, everything is painted with flat paint!  3 kids and a couple of months in the house and the doorways and walls were wrecked.

Fast forward 2 years and you have a large house with nearly every surface needing repainted.  We remodeled the downstairs bathroom last spring, and it could already use a touch-up!  I wish they made indestructible paint!

My mom likes to keep the kids for a week in the summer, and since the first time we started planning a trip to Nanna and Poppa's, I have been dreaming of painting.  First on the agenda are the doors and doorways... virtually all of the white trim needs to be painted with washable paint.  Next the kitchen and stair well.  I have no clue what color I will paint these, I just know they desperately need it.  The boys are begging me to paint their room green.  And the only room in the house (besides the bathroom) that isn't tan is the library/crafting room.  It was going to be my project this summer, but here it is July and I haven't even started.  It is wall-papered with a cat and book border, which has to go!  There they are... the first few painting projects.  I will not be able to finish them all, I'm sure, but there are plenty more walls after these get painted. 

I am heading to Wal-Mart as soon as I finish this post to pick up some paint samples and a couple of brushes to get started on the trim.  One of the reasons for starting this blog was to hold myself accountable.  The idea of spending a week with only the baby gives me visions of snoozing on the couch (nothing makes me more sleepy than holding a sleeping baby), watching mom tv (as the kids call it), reading a good book or two, the list could go on and on.  When provided with the option to paint or not to paint... I am going to choose to paint.

Just hope I stick to my decision...