{"id":210,"date":"2012-09-03T16:58:11","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T00:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/?p=210"},"modified":"2012-09-03T17:03:36","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T01:03:36","slug":"staycation-interrupted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/?p=210","title":{"rendered":"Staycation, Interrupted"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our staycation was interrupted by a few “around the house projects”. We cleaned the gutters, painted one more wall a brilliant yellow and the big project ended up being the removal of carpet from the hallway upstairs. <\/p>\n

The gutters were a dangerous but relatively quick job. You can see why we needed to clean them here:
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As for painting, this was the fun part of our interrupted staycation and was done in between the much more difficult task of removing a small piece of carpet from our upstairs hallway so I am starting with this first. The last wall left to paint bright yellow runs from our dining area to the stairs by the kitchen (this looks like there is a corner on the wall, but is just because there are two photos from different angles): <\/p>\n

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As you can see by the bright yellow contrast on the upper right corner, the old light yellow was a bland, boring, pale comparison to what it would become. <\/p>\n

Even though we had been to Hope Depot twice already within the last 24 hours, we had neglected to check our paint supply and ended up going to there for a third time to get more paint. Our errand gave us the excuse to stop at the studio and pick up another ladder which turned out to be very helpful:
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Of course Shadow wants to help:
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The hard part about this area was the steps. We have this folding ladder that can turn into all sort of shapes: regular ladder, scaffolding, or even scarey place to stand while painting: <\/p>\n

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Scary double ladders:
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End result after one coat of paint:
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We also spent a lot of time repairing the floor in the hallway upstairs. I’ll save that for the next entry. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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