So, we're doing the cleaning and painting on the rental, with no power, thanks to the electric company screwing up and disconnecting the meter instead of reverting the billing back to the landlord when the previous tenant moved out.
We said we'd to the painting, because we always wanted to have walls that weren't "rental white." There were some nice colors already done, and some that aren't so nice. We're going to be reimbursed for the supplies. We hit Big Lots, KMart and Walmart for cheap paint stuff. I already have so much painting supplies from the WR house refurb that I could start a second career - but that stuff is currently making its way out here in a
shipping container on the back of a truck.
We said we'd clean, too, since we're eager to get in and I need a place to work from. Otherwise, we have to wait for the cleaners to come out after the power gets turned back on. The landlord changed the lease to start from 7/15 instead of 7/1. Nice.
So, it turns out there were three blue rooms upstairs - one bedroom is nicely done, and we're keeping it. The blue goes nice with the hardwood floors. The adjacent room is the same blue, very poorly applied, and it clashes horribly with the dark green carpet (which kind of clashes with itself!).
The paint in the bath was nice, except for a couple of strange purple splotches. There was some leftover paint from the bedroom, which at first looked the same shade as the bathroom. We thought we'd just touch up the splotches, but it turns out, when the two are combined, the nice purple shade is produced!
Today I got a coat of primer over the blue that we're redoing, since we're going with a lighter color. I hope to get the rest done tomorrow.
Goodbye blue in bedroom:
Goodbye blue in bathroom:
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