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same_sky ([personal profile] same_sky) wrote2006-07-27 10:20 pm

yeah

The walls were painted, and they look fantastic. And then when we started pulling off tape last night, the paint came with it. It is tearing off at the edges much like plastic wallpaper, even if we cut it off with an xacto knife. I've never seen anything quite like it. And then, I may have cried. Last night, I was a great big old grump and the wall situation just didn't help. I'm not altogether sure what we're going to do now, but it's extremely disappointing since we thought we were done except for the finishing touches (molding, trim, ceiling.) I'm more optimistic today than yesterday but mainly because I have refrained from thinking about it. Once we're done, I'll probably ramble more about walls but at the moment, I'd just really rather not.

Work today was fun because I got to go to the super-secret backup site in a city that is not the one we live in. Really, it's not that super-secret but it's much more trendy and cool to pretend that it is. It was pretty neat, for no special reason. And it made the Thursday go by very quickly, which is always nice.

And tomorrow? Friday! And we all know how we feel about Fridays! :)

[identity profile] geeklibrarian.livejournal.com 2006-07-28 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry to hear about the paint coming off with the tape :( The exact same thing happened to us with the (still quite unfinished) kitchen cupboard project...

You never see stuff like this happen on HGTV!! :p

[identity profile] same-sky.livejournal.com 2006-07-28 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I have never seen it before so I'm not sure if I feel better or worse that the same thing happened to you. On one hand, at least we're not the only ones but on the other hand, IT MAY BE AN EPIDEMIC.

Stupid television shows not accurately portraying reality!

[identity profile] carrieb.livejournal.com 2006-07-28 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
Ugh. What a sucktastic way to end a day of painting. I would have to throw a major temper tantrum. At least you had fun at teh super secret place.

[identity profile] same-sky.livejournal.com 2006-07-28 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I had a sulking temper tantrum, I think it counts. I was really hard to live when we found out, I admit. M wasn't in the best of moods either so I guess it was just as well. ;)

[identity profile] courtesy.livejournal.com 2006-07-28 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
Hey I love the new icon!! Bummer about the walls :(

[identity profile] same-sky.livejournal.com 2006-07-28 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you, and sympathy accepted gratefully. The picture is taken at the place we got engaged, isn't that appropriately cute?