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The great paint war of 2009

I’m taking a long weekend to deal with yet more moving stuff. I swear, all the work I’m putting into this house I’m staying a really long time. Anyway, before heading out for errands #129-143, I thought I’d share a little story about the argument the boyfriend and I are calling the great paint war of 2009.

We pretty much knew the colors for the few rooms we are going to paint. That part was simple. Until we actually bought everything. First of all, the house doesn’t need painting, the walls are in great shape. I just wanted to make it a little more us, add some color and make the rooms match our furniture better.

So things were going to be very simple. Four rooms get a couple coats of paint, the end. Uh, I wish. The battle lines were drawn when the subject of painting trims (baseboards, around windows etc) was brought up. i said there’s no need since everything looks fine. All of the colors we chose will look great with white trim, so why add the extra and may I add tedious work?

The boyfriend tells me laziness is not a reason to have white trim. That was not the issue at all. But, of course that turned into a huge fight about every single task each of us has done to get ready for the move. Two hours later we had yelled, slammed doors, waved lists and credit card bills in each other’s faces, and finally calmed the fuck down.

In the end we agreed that both of us have been putting way too much time and energy into this thing, and that we needed to chill out. It was a good tension release too. Plus, the trim stays white.

Next? Laundry detergent and an insurance quote.