More of the DIYer's

And the DIY er's adventures continue:

We'd removed the tree by the dining room above the roof line but not next to the fascia and still had the garage to go but then realized that this was actually a better week to get the bedroom painted. My husband Dale must sleep during the afternoon so I can only get into the bedroom during the day when he is not working at his county job, this week.

We decided several years ago to paint our bedroom much like the great room; 1 wall a darker Terra cotta and 3 walls a lighter shade of terra cotta with an off white ceiling. We got the paint and got to work, Dale helping do the trim work.

As Dale was working on our ceiling he needed to use the 10' ladder and put the can of lighter paint on the very top of the ladder. Unfortunately he needed to move the ladder but forgot that the can of paint was sitting up there. The can fell, fortunately landing on the next rung but unfortunately spilling about ¼ of the can. The paint splattered on the newly painted ceiling, dark wall, dressers and poured onto the carpet. We rushed to clean the paint off the dressers where the tarp had been pulled away all the while tracking paint all over as we rushed around.

The bedroom painting did get finished after a week of work except for a couple of doors and the carpet will be replaced next month. The carpet was going to be replaced anyway, but in the meantime we have an artsy carpet. Fortunately painting the great room and entry went much smoother and the walls after a quick one coat are clean and free of grimy grandkids fingerprints.