I said there wasn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that I’d be able to have green walls this weekend. Everything else suffered for it, but…

First thing this morning, I sanded the wall; first with 150 grit, then with 220.

Then, I primed. I had exactly enough primer; so close that I did the bit at the inside edge of the closet with a baby sponge roller and the dregs in the can.

I put two fans on it hoping that it would dry fast enough to let me paint. Kilz 2 is paintable in 1h, but this is over fresh drywall compound, so I wanted to make sure. It looks blotchy because this colour is a lot lighter when it’s wet than after it dries, but I have one coat on my green wall. I love the colour; it’s icky yellowish when it’s wet, but dries to a lovely sage.

Everything is obviously out of place, but the horrible wallpaper has all been sent to the trash where it belongs, and now I have creamy white beadboard paper, transitioning to creamy white plain wall around the entrance, and then to Victorian Garden in my office. Once my desk, “printer cabinet” and actual printer stand are refinished creamy white, and I replace the gaudy gold light fixture, the rooms will be the way I want them (except the pinky-mauve carpet, but it’s in good shape and too expensive to replace when that god-awful rusty brown stuff still exists in the living room).